Translations
Louis Segond 1910
La colère du roi est comme le rugissement d'un lion, Et sa faveur est comme la rosée sur l'herbe.
KJV
The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 102 (Migne)
t cujuslibet hominis cum ira regis. De ira regis scriptum est: Sicut fremitus leonis, ita ira regis (Prov. XIX, 12) . Et iterum: Ira regis nuntius mortis (Prov. XVI, 14) . Ergo quantum validior est ira regis ad reddendum vindictam, tantum a fidelissimis regibus temperata debet e…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
t prius, quando venit leniter, Sicut pluvia in vellus (Psal. LXXI, 6) , et Sicut ros super herbam (Prov. XIX, 12) ; sed in claritate nimia, et gloria majestatis suae [Col. 0814A] demonstrandus est. Et ideo ab eo loco ubi quaesierunt apostoli signum adventus ejus, et signum con…
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