Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Le souffle de l'homme est une lampe de l'Eternel; Il pénètre jusqu'au fond des entrailles.
KJV
The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
KJV
Hebrew original
נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל חַדְרֵי בָֽטֶן
Pericope
Patristic reading
3Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Epistula I ad Corinthios
ῖν, ἐὰν μὴ ἀξίως αὐτοῦ πολιτευόμενοι τὰ καλὰ καὶ εὐάρεστα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιῶμεν μεθ̓ ὁμονοίας. λέγει Prov. 20, 27 γάρ που: Πνεῦμα κυρίου λύχνος ἐρευνῶν τὰ ταμιεῖα τῆς γαστρός: ἴδωμεν. Limplies si)/dwmen (siamus), "let us knos." πῶς ἐγγύς ἐστιν, καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲν λέληθεν αὐτὸν τῶν ἐνν…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ght to the lesser; since our mind is a light, being as it were a lamp enkindled by the First Light ( Prov. 20:27 ): "The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord." Therefore in Christ Who is the Word of God, there is no need of a human mind. Objection 3: Further, the assumption of…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 105 (Migne)
lligitur et a Filio procedere. Lux Domini inspiratio est nominum, quae scrutatur interna ventris (Prov. XX, 27) . Et manifestum est quia Spiritus omnia scrutatur, quemadmodum scribit Paulus (I Cor. II, 10) , et quod a principio formato Adam, in faciem ejus spiravit Deus Spirit…
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