Canticles 1:11
While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Sponsa Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Canticles 1:12
- Ἕως οὗ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν ἀνακλίσει αὐτοῦ, νάρδος μου ἔδωκεν ὀσμὴν αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Canticles 1:12
- עַד שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
While. The Church meditates on his passion and resurrection. (Worthington)
Repose. Or bed. Thus our Saviour was treated, Matthew xxvi. 7., and Luke vii. 37. (Calmet)
Odour. The virtues of the Church please him. (Menochius)
The saints, before and since his coming, pray with all earnestness, Apocalypse v. 8.
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On the Holy Trinity, The Texts of Scripture Explained Respecting the Subjection of the Son to the Father, Which Have Been Misunderstood. Christ Will Not So Give Up the Kingdom to the Father, as to Take It Away from Himself. The Beholding Him is the Promised End of All Actions. The Holy Spirit is Sufficient to Our Blessedness Equally with the Father
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