Ecclesiasticus 49:11
For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nam commemoratus est inimicorum in imbre, benefacere illis qui ostenderunt rectas vias.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Rain. Denoting great misery, Ezechiel xiii. 11., and xxxviii. 22. (Calmet)
And of. Literally, "to do good," (Haydock) or to announce the liberation of the penitent captives, Ezechiel xviii. 21., and xxiii. 16., &c.
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.