Jeremias 40:16
And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Cares: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et ait Godolias filius Ahicam ad Johanan filium Caree : Noli facere verbum hoc : falsum enim tu loqueris de Ismahel.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 47:16
- καὶ εἶπεν Γοδολίας πρὸς Ἰωανάν Μὴ ποιήσῃς τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο, ὅτι ψευδῆ σὺ λέγεις ὑπὲρ Ἰσμαήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֨אמֶר גְּדַלְיָ֤הוּ בֶן אֲחִיקָם֙ אֶל יוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן קָרֵ֔חַ אַֽל תעש אֶת הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי שֶׁ֛קֶר אַתָּ֥ה דֹבֵ֖ר אֶל יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל
Haydock's commentary
Do not. He did right in forbidding this assassination, which could never be authorized, even to prevent a similar crime. Godolias should have taken precautions: but he was too open, (Calmet) like Eumenes. (Grotius)
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.