Ecclesiasticus 39:2
He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Narrationem virorum nominatorum conservabit, et in versutias parabolarum simul introibit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Sayings, or history of Abraham, &c.
Parables. This was most in vogue, 3 Kings x.
But mechanics abstained from this study, chap. xxxviii. 38. (Calmet)
To meditate well, 1. knowledge; 2. virtue; 3. humility; and 4. hope, are requisite. (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.