Ecclesiasticus 40:28
The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Timor Domini sicut paradisus benedictionis, et super omnem gloriam operuerunt illum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
It, or "him." (Haydock)
The virtuous man is covered with glory.
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.