Deuteronomy 33:27
His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
Challoner: Underneath are the everlasting armsThough the dwelling of God be above in heaven, his arms are always stretched out to help us here below.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- habitaculum ejus sursum, et subter brachia sempiterna ejiciet a facie tua inimicum, dicetque : Conterere.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ σκεπάσει σε θεοῦ ἀρχή, καὶ ὑπὸ ἰσχὺν βραχιόνων ἀενάων· ἐκβαλεῖ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ἐχθρόν, λέγων Ἀπόλοιο.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מְעֹנָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵי קֶ֔דֶם וּמִתַּ֖חַת זְרֹעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וַיְגָ֧רֶשׁ מִפָּנֶ֛יךָ אוֹיֵ֖ב וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד
Haydock's commentary
Underneath are the everlasting arms. Though the dwelling of God be above in heaven, his arms are always stretched out to help us here below. (Challoner)
Hebrew, "The eternal God is thy refuge; or, From eternity is the abode of God, or in fine, the protection of the Lord is before, and his eternal arms underneath;" so that nothing can hurt you. (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.