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Proverbs 20:14Prov.20.14

[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Mauvais! mauvais! dit l'acheteur; Et en s'en allant, il se félicite.

KJV

[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Patristic reading

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  • Salonius

    Mystical Exposition on the Proverbs of Solomon

    nd this saying: "It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer, and when he has gone away, then he boasts (Proverbs 20:14)? According to the letter, buyers usually criticize what they want to purchase, saying: "It's bad, it's bad." However, if they get a good deal, they will boast abo…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    epted by all, "You wish to buy for a song and to sell at a premium," which agrees with the saying of Prov. 20:14, "It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast." Therefore it is lawful to sell a thing for more than its worth. Objecti…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)

    nde Salomon in Proverbiis: «Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor, sed cum recesserit, gloriatur (Prov. XX, 14) ,» qui aeterna praemia in coelo comparare desiderat. Malum est amarum, quod in praesenti sustinere debuerat, ut cum per mortem de mundo recesserit, glorietur, aperte…

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