Isaias 9:15
The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Longævus et honorabilis, ipse est caput ; et propheta docens mendacium, ipse est cauda.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ προφήτην διδάσκοντα ἄνομα, οὗτος ἡ οὐρά.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Isaias 9:14
- זָקֵ֥ן וּנְשׂוּא פָנִ֖ים ה֣וּא הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְנָבִ֥יא מֽוֹרֶה שֶּׁ֖קֶר ה֥וּא הַזָּנָֽב
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen In Defence of His Flight to Pontus, and His Return, After His Ordination to the Priesthood, with an Exposition of the Character of the Priestly Office
56. Why should I enter into detail? He lived not to himself, but to Christ and his preaching. He crucified the world to himself, and being crucified to the world and the things which are seen, he thought all things little, and too small to be desired; even though from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum he had fully preached the Gospel, even though he had been prematurely caught up to the third heaven, and had a vision of Paradise, and had heard unspeakable words. Such was Paul, and everyone of like spirit with him. …