Ecclesiasticus 51:30
The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dedit mihi Dominus linguam mercedem meam, et in ipsa laudabo eum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Ecclesiasticus 51:22
- ἔδωκεν Κύριος γλῶσσάν μοι μισθόν μου, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἰνέσω αὐτόν.
Haydock's commentary
Tongue. Eloquence, (Menochius) which I will exert in praising him.
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.