Whosoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Come. To defend what he has asserted, or to pass for a liar. Hebrew, "shall be destroyed by it. "(Mont.) (Haydock)
Those who despise God's order shall perish.
Deceitful This is not in Hebrew, nor in some of the Latin editions. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "to the deceitful son nothing shall be good. But the ways of the wise servant shall prosper, and his paths shall be made straight "chap. xiv. 15. (Haydock)