Judith 16:3
The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dominus conterens bella, Dominus nomen est illi.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Judith 16:2
- ὅτι θεὸς συντρίβων πολέμους Κύριος, ὅτι εἰς παρεμβολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ ἐξείλατό με ἐκ χειρὸς καταδιωκόντων με.
Haydock's commentary
Wars, or destroys armies. (Haydock)
God is often represented as a mighty warrior, Isaias i. 24., Jeremias ii. 20., and Romans ix. 29. (Calmet)
This passage is quoted by St. Ephrem (ser. de 2. Adv.) as a part of Scripture. (Worthington)
Lord is. Greek, "For he has drawn me from the hands of my persecutors, into his camp, in the midst of the people." (Haydock)
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.