Translations
Louis Segond 1910
N'incline ni à droite ni à gauche, Et détourne ton pied du mal.
KJV
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Commentarii In Evangelium Joannis
»Εὐθύνατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου«. Δυσφημότερον μότερον δὲ ὁ Ἡρακλέων περὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν δια- 1 Prov. 4, 27. — 4 Ps. 10, 7.—7 Ps. 4, 7. — 8 Vgl. Jer. 6, 16. — 14 Joh. 14, 6. — 15 Vgl. Matth. 7, 14. — 16 Vgl. Luk. 6, 40. — 17 Vgl. Matth. 25, 21. — 18 Vgl. Matth. 7, 13. — 19 Vg…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 103 (Migne)
bonam famam incedere. Et ut per Salomonem dicitur: Non divertant ad dexteram, neque ad sinistram (Prov. IV, 27) ; id est, nec de virtutibus et dextris successibus se extollant, nec ad sinistrum vitiorum [Col. 0661A] tramitem flectantur; sed medium tenentes ad ipsum qui via, v…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
tra, adversitas, ut in Parabolis: «Non declines ad dextram, neque ad sinistram [Note: [Col. 1055] 8 Prov. IV, 27.] ,» id est, nec prospera te elevent, nec adversa te frangant. Sinistra, opus pravum, ut in Job: «Si ad sinistram, quid agam? non videbo illum [Note: [Col. 1055]…
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