Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Turris fortissima nomen Domini ; ad ipsum currit justus, et exaltabitur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκ μεγαλωσύνης ἰσχύος ὄνομα Κυρίου, αὐτῷ δὲ προσδραμόντες δίκαιοι ὑψοῦνται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מִגְדַּל עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב
Haydock's commentary
Name. Essence, or protection of God. The rich depends on his own wealth.
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 Ephrem the Syrian Ephraim Syrus: Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh, Hymn II
Blessed the Shepherd Who became a Lamb for our reconcilement! Blessed the Branch Who became the Cup of our Redemption! Blessed also be the Cluster, Fount of medicine of life! Blessed also be the Tiller, Who became Wheat, that He might be sown; and a Sheaf, that He might be cut! [Blessed be] the Architect Who became a Tower for our place of safety! Blessed He Who so tempered the feelings of our mind, that we with our harp should sing that which the winged creatures’ mouth knows not with its strains to sing! Glory to Him, Who beheld how we had pleased to be like to brutes in our rage and our greediness; and came down and was one of us, that we might become heavenly!