1 Kings 20:31
For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.
Challoner: The son of deathThat is, one that deserveth death, and shall surely be put to death.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Omnibus enim diebus quibus filius Isai vixerit super terram, non stabilieris tu, neque regnum tuum. Itaque jam nunc mitte, et adduc eum ad me : quia filius mortis est.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὅτι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ὁ υἱὸς Ἰεσσαὶ ζῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐχ ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία σου· νῦν οὖν ἀποστείλας λάβε τὸν νεανίαν, ὅτι υἱὸς θανάτου οὗτος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֣י כָל הַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֶּן יִשַׁי֙ חַ֣י עַל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה לֹ֥א תִכּ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה וּמַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ וְעַתָּ֗ה שְׁלַ֨ח וְקַ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ אֵלַ֔י כִּ֥י בֶן מָ֖וֶת הֽוּא
Haydock's commentary
The son of death. That is, one that deserveth death, and shall surely be put to death. (Challoner)
So people are often styled sons of perdition, of hell, of light, &c., (Calmet) when they are worthy of such things. (Haydock)
All the crime of David, was his too exalted merit, which, under a jealous prince, is often fatal. Nec minus periculum ex magnâ famâ, quam ex malâ. (Tacitus, Agricola.)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.