Ecclesiasticus 39:17
By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
Challoner: Ye divine offspringHe speaks to the children of Israel, the people of God: whom he exhorts to bud forth and flourish with virtue.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In voce dicit : Obaudite me, divini fructus, et quasi rosa plantata super rivos aquarum fructificate.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
By. Greek, "Hear me, ye holy children."
Offspring. Literally, "fruits." (Haydock)
He speaks to the children of Israel, the people of God: whom he exhorts to bud forth and flourish with virtue. (Challoner)
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.