Ecclesiasticus 51:18
When I was yet young, before I wandered about, I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum adhuc junior essem, priusquam oberrarem, quæsivi sapientiam palam in oratione mea.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:13
- Ἔτι ὢν νεώτερος πρὶν ἢ πλανηθῆναί με, ἐζήτησα σοφίαν προφανῶς ἐν προσευχῇ μου·
Haydock's commentary
When. He now gives some account of himself, and exhorts all to seek for wisdom. (Haydock)
He was advanced in years, when he fell into the aforesaid danger, after his travels, chap. xxxiv. 9. (Calmet)
Wisdom is most easily acquired, while a person is innocent, Ecclesiastes xii. (Worthington)
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.