Deuteronomy 15:1
In the seventh year thou shalt make a remission,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Septimo anno facies remissionem,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Δι᾽ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ποιήσεις ἄφεσιν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה
Haydock's commentary
In the. Hebrew, "at the extremity of seven years," which some erroneously refer to the end, though the original signify also the beginning. (Calmet)
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 Victorinus of Pettau On the Creation of the World
Behold the seven horns of the Lamb, the seven eyes of God, the seven eyes are the seven spirits of the Lamb; seven torches burning before the throne of God seven golden candlesticks, seven young sheep, the seven women in Isaiah, the seven churches in Paul , seven deacons, seven angels, seven trumpets, seven seals to the book, seven periods of seven days with which Pentecost is completed, the seven weeks in Daniel , also the forty-three weeks in Daniel ; with Noah , seven of all clean things in the ark; seven revenges of Cain , seven years for a debt to be acquitted, the lamp with seven orifices, seven pillars of wisdom in the house of Solomon .