Ecclesiasticus 45:31
And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et testamentum David regi filio Jesse de tribu Juda, hæreditas ipsi et semini ejus : ut daret sapientiam in cor nostrum, judicare gentem suam in justitia, ne abolerentur bona ipsorum : et gloriam ipsorum in gentem eorum æternam fecit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
That he. Or so he made a covenant with Aaron, that he, &c. (Calmet)
Greek, "and (Grabe puts according to) the covenant made to David....that the king's son successively should alone inherit, the inheritance of Aaron was for his posterity. May he impart wisdom to your heart," &c.
He made. Greek, "glory during their age." (Haydock)
The sacred writer pours forth this prayer for God's ministers, (Calmet) that their good things and glory may never end, as long as the Jewish dispensation should last. He is equally solicitous for the priesthood as for the sceptre of David. In both the families of Aaron and of David children succeeded to their father's dignity, and God had made a covenant for that purpose. (Haydock)
David assisted the priests, and greatly advanced God's service, 1 Paralipomenon xxiii. (Worthington)
His eulogy is given [in] chap. xlvii.; and he is here only mentioned (Calmet) as a comparison. (Haydock)
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.