“Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.”
“Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.”
“restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.”
“restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.”
“He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.”
Hand. As it will flow away, such a woman is commonly incorrigible. (Calmet)
Children are here exhorted to be wise and good, 1. That they may be a comfort to their parents and may make their hearts glad, even when the evil days come, and so recompense them for their care, ch. 23 15. 2. That they may be a credit to them: "That I may answer him that reproaches me with having been over-strict and severe in bringing up my children, and having taken a wrong method with them in restraining them from the liberties which other young people take. My son, be wise, and then it will appear, in the effect, that I went the wisest way to work with my children." Those that have been blessed with a religious education should in every thing conduct themselves so as to be a credit to their education and to silence those who say, A young saint, an old devil; and to prove the contrary, A young saint, an old angel.