Ecclesiasticus 46:8
That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ut cognoscant gentes potentiam ejus, quia contra Deum pugnare non est facile. Et secutus est a tergo potentis :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Power. Greek, "complete armour for his warfare was before the Lord, since he," &c. They found it was impossible to resist such weapons. (Haydock)
One. "Follow God," was a maxim of the ancient sages, which they even attributed to Apollo. Josue and Caleb did so in opposition to the rebels, Numbers xiv. 24. (Calmet)
The rest all perished, (Worthington) if we except those who were not 20 years old, or who did not join in the murmurs of the seditious. (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.