Ecclesiasticus 45:2
He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Similem illum fecit in gloria sanctorum, et magnificavit eum in timore inimicorum, et in verbis suis monstra placavit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
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Haydock's commentary
Saints, patriarchs or angels, as he saw God face to face.
Enemies. The Egyptians, Amalecites, and all who rebelled against God.
Cease. Removing the scourges which he had inflicted. His serpent devoured those of the magicians, who were confounded before him.
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.