Ecclesiasticus 51:25
My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Colluctata est anima mea in illa, et in faciendo eam confirmatus sum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:19
- διαμεμάχισται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐν ποιήσει λιμοῦ διηκριβασάμην· τὰς χεῖράς μου ἑξεπέτασα πρὸς ὕψος, καὶ τὰ ἀγνοήματα αὐτῆς ἐπένθησα·
Haydock's commentary
Wrestled. Against pleasure, idleness, &c. This shews how arduous a task it is to attain wisdom. (Calmet)
Confirmed. Greek, "in earnest."
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.