Isaias 60:6
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Inundatio camelorum operiet te, dromedarii Madian et Epha ; omnes de Saba venient, aurum et thus deferentes, et laudem Domino annuntiantes.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀγέλαι καμήλων, καὶ καλύψουσίν σε κάμηλοι Μαδιὰμ καὶ Γαιφά· πάντες ἐκ Σαβὰ ἥξουσιν φέροντες χρυσίον, καὶ λίβανον οἴσουσιν, καὶ τὸ σωτήριον Κυρίου εὐαγγελιοῦνται·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שִֽׁפְעַ֨ת גְּמַלִּ֜ים תְּכַסֵּ֗ךְ בִּכְרֵ֤י מִדְיָן֙ וְעֵיפָ֔ה כֻּלָּ֖ם מִשְּׁבָ֣א יָבֹ֑אוּ זָהָ֤ב וּלְבוֹנָה֙ יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּתְהִלֹּ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה יְבַשֵּֽׂרוּ
Haydock's commentary
Epha. Abraham's grandson, who dwelt near his father, Madian, in Arabia, which was famous for camels. (Calmet)
Saba. India mittit ebur, molles sua thura Sabæi? (Geor. i.)
The Arabians embraced the gospel, but never brought their treasures to Jerusalem. (Calmet)
The three kings came on swift beasts to adore Christ, and fulfilled his prophecy, Matthew ii. (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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Salvina
3. These remarks are intended to shew that the youth of whom I speak used his kinship to the royal family, his abundant wealth, and the outward tokens of power, as helps to virtue. For, as the preacher says, “wisdom is a defence and money is a defence” also. We must not hastily conclude that this statement conflicts with that of the Lord: “verily I say unto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven; and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Were it so, the salvation of Zacchæus the publican, described in scripture as a man of great wealth, would contradict the Lord’s declaration. …