Ecclesiasticus 50:11
As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.
Challoner: Clothed with the perfection of powerThat is, with all the vestments denoting his dignity and authority.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- quasi oliva pullulans, et cypressus in altitudinem se extollens, in accipiendo ipsum stolam gloriæ, et vestiri eum in consummationem virtutis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Forth. Greek adds, "fruits."
Rearing. Greek, "elevated to the clouds." (Haydock)
Robe. Stole, or violet tunic. (Calmet)
Power. That is, with all his vestments, denoting his dignity and authority, (Challoner) and extremely rich, as virtus often implies, chap. xliv. 3. (Calmet)
Greek has, "boasting."
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.