Translations
Louis Segond 1910
La folie est une joie pour celui qui est dépourvu de sens, Mais un homme intelligent va le droit chemin.
KJV
Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
KJV
Hebrew original
אִ֭וֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ/חֲסַר לֵ֑ב וְ/אִ֥ישׁ תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה יְיַשֶׁר לָֽכֶת
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Patristic reading
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 134 (Migne)
one superbiae illius, Satanas praecipitat eum. Ideoque in Salomone legitur: Superbis Deus resistit (Prov. XV, 21; Sap. XV, 14; Eccli. X, 21) . Unde in alia Epistola idem Apostolus ait: Qui se putat esse aliquid, se ipsum seducit (Gal. VI, 3) . Et Dominus: Qui se, inquit, exalt…
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