3 Kings 20:38
So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his face and his eyes.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Abiit ergo propheta, et occurrit regi in via, et mutavit aspersione pulveris os et oculos suos.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 3 Kings 21:38
- καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ προφήτης καὶ ἔστη τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ, καὶ κατεδήσατο τελαμῶνι τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל הַדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ בָּאֲפֵ֖ר עַל עֵינָֽיו
Haydock's commentary
Dust. Chaldean and Septuagint, "he tied a veil," &c. Apher has both meanings.
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.