4 Kings 10:16
And he said to him: Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So he made him ride in his chariot,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- dixitque ad eum : Veni mecum, et vide zelum meum pro Domino. Et impositum in curru suo
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Δεῦρο μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἴδε ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαί με τῷ κυρίῳ· καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἅρματι αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְכָ֣ה אִתִּ֔י וּרְאֵ֖ה בְּקִנְאָתִ֣י לַיהוָ֑ה וַיַּרְכִּ֥בוּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּרִכְבּֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Paulinus
5. Since you ask me as a brother in what path you should walk, I will be open with you. If you wish to take duty as a presbyter, and are attracted by the work or dignity which falls to the lot of a bishop, live in cities and walled towns, and by so doing turn the salvation of others into the profit of your own soul. But if you desire to be in deed what you are in name, a monk, that is, one who lives alone, what have you to do with cities which are the homes not of solitaries but of crowds? Every mode of life has its own exponents. For instance, let Roman generals imitate men like Camillus, Fabricius, Regulus, and Scipio. Let philosophers take for models Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Let poets strive to rival Homer, Virgil, Menander, and Terence. Let writers of history follow Thucydides, Sallust, Herodotus and Livy. …