Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Délivre ceux qu'on traîne à la mort, Ceux qu'on va égorger, sauve-les!
KJV
If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
KJV
Hebrew original
הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַ/מָּ֑וֶת וּ/מָטִ֥ים לַ֝/הֶ֗רֶג אִם תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ
Louis Segond 1910
Délivre ceux qu'on traîne à la mort, Ceux qu'on va égorger, sauve-les!
KJV
If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
lgate]. Therefore it is also lawful for the accused to resist. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( Prov. 24:11 ): "Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver." Now a man is under greater obligation to himself than to another. Th…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
is written ( Ps. 81:4 ): "Rescue the poor, and deliver the needy from the hand of the sinner"; and ( Prov. 24:11 ): "Deliver them that are led to death"; and ( Rom. 1:32 ): "They are worthy of death, not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them," on…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
or his neighbor, chiefly in respect of things pertaining to the well-being of the body, according to Prov. 24:11, "Deliver them that are led to death": secondarily as regards avoiding damage to one's property, according to Dt. 22:1, "Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy broth…
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