He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
KJV
Hebrew original
עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָת/וֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע לָ֑חֶם וּ/מְרַדֵּ֖ף רֵיקִ֣ים חֲסַר לֵֽב
Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui cultive son champ est rassasié de pain, Mais celui qui poursuit des choses vaines est dépourvu de sens.
KJV
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)
ur: Aperi os tuum, et implebo illud (Psal. LXXX) ; et: Operare terram tuam, et satiaberis panibus (Prov. XII, 11) . Nec quaeram altitudinem verborum, cum minime unquam illam attigerim; sed et simplex habens ab antiquitate materiam, verbis quidem simplicem, sed factis limpidius…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)
e iterum: Qui operatur terram suam, saturabitur panibus; qui autem sectatur otium, stultissimus est (Prov. XII, 11; Eccli. XX, 30) ; et: Vade ad formicam, o piger, et considera vias ejus et disce sapientiam; quae, cum non habeat ducem, neque principem, parat aestate cibum sibi et…
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