Translations
Louis Segond 1910
C'est l'Eternel qui dirige les pas de l'homme, Mais l'homme peut-il comprendre sa voie?
KJV
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
KJV
Hebrew original
Patristic reading
3Prosper of Aquitaine
Contra Collatorem
bs 21:2); and, A man's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way (Proverbs 20:24)? And what the Apostle says: For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, Abba, Fath…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
) .» Et paulo post: «Hinc rursus per Salomonem dicitur: Quis hominum intelligere poterit viam suam? (Prov. XX, 24.) Et nimirum bona malave quis faciens conscientia attestante cognoscit. 35 Sed idcirco dicitur quod via sua ab hominibus nesciatur, quia etiamsi recta se quisque [C…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 155 (Migne)
eloquium, in manu hominis via ejus non est, nec ab homine, sed a Domino gressus hominis diriguntur (Prov. XX, 24) , spem ex parte magna defraudavit opinio. Non enim fit quod humana aviditas stabilit, sed quod Deus arbiter meritis humanis competere judicaverit. Cum autem per litte…
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