Ecclesiasticus 41:1
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- O mors, quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Death is terrible to all, but most to those who live comfortably. (Calmet)
O vita misero longa, felici brevis. (Seneca)
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.