Ecclesiasticus 44:4
And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et imperantes in præsenti populo, et virtute prudentiæ populis sanctissima verba :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
The present. Greek, "the people by counsels, and by the knowledge of the office of scribes of the people. Wise in speech by their instruction. (5.) Seeking out," &c. (Haydock)
Prudence and eloquence ought to appear in a ruler.
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.