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Proverbs 28:2Prov.28.2

For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Quand un pays est en révolte, les chefs sont nombreux; Mais avec un homme qui a de l'intelligence et de la science, Le règne se prolonge.

KJV

For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)

    in uno consummata est. Et in Proverbiis scriptum est: «Propter peccata terrae multi principes ejus (Prov. XXVIII, 2) .» Unde etiam Alexandro mortuo, multiplicatis regibus mala quoque multiplicata sunt. Et Roma pluribus communicata rectoribus concordiam tenere non [Col. 0266D] po…

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