Ecclesiastes 24:12

Nova Vulgata

Si dixeris: "Nesciebamus hoc"; nonne qui ponderator est cordis, ipse intellegit, et servatorem animae tuae nihil fallit reddetque homini iuxta opera sua?

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Si dixeris : Vires non suppetunt ; qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit ; et servatorem anim� tu� nihil fallit, reddetque homini juxta opera sua.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Si dixeris: Vires non suppetunt;
qui inspector est cordis ipse intelligit:
et servatorem anim� tu� nihil fallit,
reddetque homini juxta opera sua.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

doth not he that: Proverbs 5:21, Proverbs 21:2, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 17:3, Psalms 44:21, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Jeremiah 17:10, Romans 2:16, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:13, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 2:23

that keepeth: 1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Samuel 25:29, Psalms 66:9, Psalms 121:3, Psalms 121:8, Daniel 5:23, Acts 17:28, Revelation 1:18

and shall: Job 34:11, Psalms 62:12, Jeremiah 32:19, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:6, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 2:23, Revelation 20:12-15, Revelation 22:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - his brother Genesis 42:21 - we saw Exodus 1:17 - feared God Joshua 10:9 - all night 1 Samuel 19:4 - spake good 1 Samuel 20:32 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 22:14 - And who 2 Samuel 13:32 - determined 1 Kings 2:9 - hold him Job 29:12 - I delivered Job 31:34 - that I Job 33:26 - he will Psalms 33:15 - considereth Psalms 82:4 - Deliver Proverbs 16:2 - but Proverbs 31:8 - Open Ecclesiastes 3:7 - and a time to speak Jeremiah 21:12 - deliver Jeremiah 22:16 - judged Jeremiah 38:9 - these Matthew 24:39 - General Luke 10:31 - he passed Acts 16:28 - cried Acts 28:2 - showed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not,.... The danger the person was in; or the innocency of his cause; or what method to take to deliver him; or that it was in our power to do anything for him; so the Vulgate Latin version, "if thou sayest, strength is not sufficient": or "we knew him not" k, who he was or what he was; had no knowledge of him, or acquaintance with him, and so did not think ourselves under any obligation to regard his case; such excuses will not do;

doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? he that searches the heart and tries it, and weighs every thought of it, and excuse it makes, considers and understands whether it is a mere excuse or not; though such excuses may appear plausible to men, yet to God that knows the heart they are of no avail; for he knows it to be a mere shift, and that it was unwillingness to help the distressed, and a neglect of their case; and that all that is said on their own behalf is a vain pretence;

and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? he that upholds it in life, and whose visitation preserves it, and therefore should be careful of the life of another; and if not, may justly fear the Lord will withdraw his care and preservation of them; he knows perfectly well what regard a man has to the welfare of another, or to the preservation of another man's life when in danger; and whether what he says on his own behalf is well founded: or "he that observeth thy soul" l; all the inward motions of it, the thoughts, affections, purposes, and inclinations; he knows whether what is said is true or not;

and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? and behave towards him according to the law of retaliation; the same measure he measures to others, he will measure to him again; and who having shown no mercy in saving the lives of others, when he could have done it, shall have judgment executed on him without mercy, when he is in distress.

k לא ידענו זה, ουκ οιδα τουτον, Sept. "non noverimus istum", Gejerus; "non novimus hunc", Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis. l ונצר נפשך "et qui observat animam tuam", Michaelis, Schultens; "observator animae tuae", Tigurine version, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As Proverbs 24:11 warned men against acquiescing in an unrighteous tyranny, so this denounces the tendency to hush up a wrong with the false plea of ignorance. Compare Ecclesiastes 5:8. Proverbs 24:10-12 thus forms a complete and connected whole.