Ecclesiasticus 43:29
We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Multa dicemus, et deficiemus in verbis : consummatio autem sermonum ipse est in omnibus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
All. Literally, "in all." Every thing obeys God, chap. xlii. 15., and Ecclesiastes xii. 13.
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On the Holy Trinity, The Conclusion of the Book with a Prayer, and an Apology for Multitude of Words
51. O Lord our God, we believe in Thee, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. For the Truth would not say, Go, baptize all nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, unless Thou wast a Trinity. Nor wouldest thou, O Lord God, bid us to be baptized in the name of Him who is not the Lord God. Nor would the divine voice have said, Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one God, unless Thou wert so a Trinity as to be one Lord God. …