Ecclesiasticus 36:26
He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui possidet mulierem bonam inchoat possessionem : adjutorium secundum illum est, et columna ut requies.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Good, is not in Greek, but the context shews that it is necessary. (Haydock)
By concord small possessions increase, as by discord the greatest are lost. (Worthington)
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.