As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Partridge. Hebrew kore, (Haydock) may mean the "coucou. "The kra lays many eggs, all of which she does not hatch. (Calmet)
Protestants, "As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not "(Haydock)
It is rare that all produce birds; so the unjust do not succeed (Calmet) in the end. (Haydock)
