Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam ?
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Σὺ τὴν σοφίαν κηρύξεις, ἵνα φρόνησίς σοι ὑπακούσῃ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הֲלֹֽא חָכְמָ֥ה תִקְרָ֑א וּ֝תְבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ
Haydock's commentary
Voice. Men are wanting to themselves: they cannot plead ignorance. (Calmet)
Wisdom stands on high in the Catholic Church inviting all to virtue and happiness. (Worthington)
Some explain this of the light which is communicated to men; but the Fathers apply it to Jesus Christ, some of the expressions regarding his divine, and others his human nature, Ecclesiasticus xxiv.
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.