Proverbs 29:18 — text, Greek, lexicon

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Quand il n'y a pas de révélation, le peuple est sans frein; Heureux s'il observe la loi!

KJV

Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.

Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
such things is prophecy. Therefore prophecy comes from nature. Objection 4: Further, it is written ( Prov. 29:18 ): "When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad"; wherefore it is evident that prophecy is necessary for the stability of the human race. Now "natur…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
according to the course of time, but according as circumstances required, because as it is written ( Prov. 29:18 ), "When prophecy shall fail, the people shall be scattered abroad." Wherefore at all times men were divinely instructed about what they were to do, according as it wa…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 136 (Migne)
lsum velis putare illud Proverbii: Quia cum prophetia defecerit, dissipabitur [Col. 0230A] populus (Prov. XXIX, 18) ; etc: Qui recipit prophetam in nomine prophetae, mercedem prophetae accipiet (Matth. X, 41) , de praeterito, non de futuro vel praesenti velis accipere. Quandiu…

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