Ecclesiasticus 40:14
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In aperiendo manus suas lætabitur : sic prævaricatores in consummatione tabescent.
- Septuagint (Swete)
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Haydock's commentary
Rejoice. The corrupt judge once rejoiced: but now he shall mourn. (Haydock)
The possessions and grandeur of the unjust shall end in a moment, like a clap of thunder, Psalm xxxvi. 36., and Proverbs x. 25. (Calmet)
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.