Isaias 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty be delivered?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Numquid tolletur a forti præda ? aut quod captum fuerit a robusto, salvum esse poterit ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ λήμψεταί τις παρὰ γίγαντος σκῦλα; καὶ ἐὰν αἰχμαλωτεύσῃ τις ἀδίκως, σωθήσεται;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הֲיֻקַּ֥ח מִגִּבּ֖וֹר מַלְק֑וֹחַ וְאִם שְׁבִ֥י צַדִּ֖יק יִמָּלֵֽט
Haydock's commentary
Strong. Can I force the Babylonians to yield? Surely, and the devil also, Luke xi. 21.
Mighty. Hebrew, "just," in lawful war. Septuagint, "unjustly."
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Ephrem the Syrian Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh, Hymn XIII
30. In the twenty-sixth year, let Moses praise Him with us, for that he was afraid and fled from his murderers. Let him praise the Lord that bore the spear and that received the nails in His hands, in His feet. He entered into hell and spoiled it, and came forth. Blessed be Thy Resurrection!