Josue 5:15
Josue fell on his face to the ground. And worshipping, said: What saith my lord to his servant?
Challoner: WorshippingNot with divine honour, but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cecidit Josue pronus in terram, et adorans ait : Quid dominus meus loquitur ad servum suum ?
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Josue 5:14
- ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐγὼ ἀρχιστράτηγος δυνάμεως Κυρίου νυνὶ παραγέγονα. καὶ Ἰησοῦς ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δέσποτα, τί προστάσσεις τῷ σῷ οἰκέτῃ;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Josue 5:14
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗א כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י שַׂר צְבָֽא יְהוָ֖ה עַתָּ֣ה בָ֑אתִי וַיִּפֹּל֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ אֶל פָּנָ֥יו אַ֨רְצָה֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֲדֹנִ֖י מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל עַבְדּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Worshipping. Not with divine honour, but with a religious veneration of an inferior kind, suitable to the dignity of his person. (Challoner)
He styles the angel Adonai, which is a title frequently given to men; and hence he does not seem to have designed to give him supreme worship. (Calmet)
If he did, (Haydock) it was referred to God. (Calmet) (Exodus xx.)
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.