Ecclesiasticus 51:19
I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ante templum postulabam pro illis, et usque in novissimis inquiram eam : et effloruit tamquam præcox uva.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:14
- ἔναντι ναοῦ ἠξίουν περὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτων ἐκζητήσω αὐτήν.
Haydock's commentary
After her. Being convinced that prayer is requisite for the preservation and improvement of such a treasure. See 3 Kings iii. 8. (Calmet)
And. Greek, "from the flower as of a ripening grape. My heart," &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.