Ecclesiasticus 39:37
In his commandments they shall feast, and they shall be ready upon earth when need is, and when their time is come they shall not transgress his word.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In mandatis ejus epulabuntur : et super terram in necessitatem præparabuntur, et in temporibus suis non præterient verbum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Feast. Greek, "rejoice," as at a feast, Ezechiel xxxix. 16.
Word. They will be ready at the first sign. (Calmet)
All creatures, but the rebel angels and man, obey God. (Haydock)
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.