Ecclesiasticus 50:23
And he repeated his prayer, willing to shew the power of God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et iteravit orationem suam, volens ostendere virtutem Dei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Prayer. Greek, "adoration, that they might receive a blessing from the Most High." (Haydock)
Power. In keeping Philopator out of the temple. God granted his request, (Calmet. litaneios) "and scourged him who was so insolent and bold...throwing him like a reed, unable to move, and speechless on the pavement," 2 Machabees ii. 26. After Philopator's guards had removed him, the high priest congratulated the people, (ver. 26.) expressing his abhorrence of their enemies in general, though he only mentions three neighbouring nations which had shewn a particular enmity to the Jews, when a contrary behaviour might have been expected, ver. 28. (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.