Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Le méchant ne cherche que révolte, Mais un messager cruel sera envoyé contre lui.
KJV
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 143 (Migne)
o loquitur, quia mendax est ipse et pater ejus. Hinc et Sapiens dicit: «Semper jurgia quaerit malus (Prov. XVII, 11) » Angelus autem crudelis mittitur contra eum, auctor utique discordiae. Si ergo quis quod quaerit invenit, et si quaerens mendacium vel jurgium, patrem mendacii ve…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 185 (Migne)
ecordabar illius proverbii: Semper jurgia quaerit malus: angelus autem crudelis mittetur contra cum (Prov. XVII, 11) , cui traditur forsitan in afflictionem carnis, ut spiritus salvus sit in die Domini. Si tamen aliquando prosperatur via impiorum, noli aemulari in eo qui prospera…
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