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Proverbs 25:2Prov.25.2

[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

La gloire de Dieu, c'est de cacher les choses; La gloire des rois, c'est de sonder les choses.

KJV

[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Patristic reading

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  • Wandalbert of Prum

    On the Life of St Goar

    o recount the works of God and record the deeds of the saints for the benefit of future generations. Proverbs 25:2. In undertaking this work, I greatly trust in the merits of the holy man and your command, to which I owe all that I can. I am not easily influenced by rumors or pre…
  • Salonius

    Mystical Exposition on the Proverbs of Solomon

    hrase: "The glory of the Lord is to conceal a matter; the glory of kings is to investigate a matter" Proverbs 25:2? This Lord, the Son of God, known as Lord Jesus, chose to hide His divine nature. When He appeared in the flesh, He wanted to be recognized more as a man than as th…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 121 (Migne)

    ndum Scripturam gloriosum sit enarrare et sanctorum gesta aetati post nos hominum profutura mandare (Prov. XXV, 2) . Equidem in hoc opere suscipiendo cum sancti viri meritis plurimum confido, tum vestro imperio, cui totum quod possim debeo non leviter moveor, neque rumusculos vel…

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