Ecclesiasticus 42:19
For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cognovit enim Dominus omnem scientiam, et inspexit in signum ævi, annuntians quæ præterierunt et quæ superventura sunt, revelans vestigia occultorum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Signs. Literally, "sign," the order of the stars, &c. (Haydock)
Yet God does not study these things, to discover what will happen. He is the author of nature. (Calmet)
From his works we are to form some idea of his greatness, Job xxxviii., &c. (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.