Ecclesiasticus 34:22
The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dominus solus sustinentibus se in via veritatis et justitiæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οὐκ εἰς εὐδοκίαν μωκήματα ἀνόμων·
Haydock's commentary
Lord. Greek, (23.) "most....wicked, nor," &c.
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 John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 11.17-19
How long shall we be stooping down? How long shall we plot one against another, like wild beasts; like fishes? Nay rather, the wild beasts do not plot against each other, but [against] animals of a different tribe. A bear for instance does not readily kill a bear, nor a serpent kill a serpent, having respect for the sameness of race. But thou, with one of the same race, and having innumerable claims, as common origin, rational faculties, the knowledge of God, ten thousand other things, the force of nature, him who is thy kinsman, and partaker of the same nature, him thou killest, and involvest in evils innumerable. For what, if thou dost not thrust thy sword, nor plunge thy right hand into his neck, other things more grievous than this thou doest, when thou involvest him in innumerable evils. …