Proverbs 8:16
By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt justitiam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δι᾽ ἐμοῦ μεγιστᾶνες μεγαλύνονται, καὶ τύραννοι δι᾽ ἐμοῦ κρατοῦσι γῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בִּ֭י שָׂרִ֣ים יָשֹׂ֑רוּ וּ֝נְדִיבִ֗ים כָּל שֹׁ֥פְטֵי צֶֽדֶק
The Fathers on this verse
Eusebius The Church History of Eusebius, Summary View of the Pre-existence and Divinity of Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ
14. And that there is a certain substance which lived and subsisted before the world, and which ministered unto the Father and God of the universe for the formation of all created things, and which is called the Word of God and Wisdom, we may learn, to quote other proofs in addition to those already cited, from the mouth of Wisdom herself, who reveals most clearly through Solomon the following mysteries concerning herself: “I, Wisdom, have dwelt with prudence and knowledge, and I have invoked understanding. Through me kings reign, and princes ordain righteousness. Through me the great are magnified, and through me sovereigns rule the earth.”
St Hilary of Poitiers De Trinitate or On the Trinity, Book XII
44. Learn at last, heretic, from the revelation of Catholic teaching, what is the meaning of the saying that Christ was created for the beginning of the ways of God and for His works; and be taught by the words of Wisdom itself the folly of your impious dulness. For thus it begins: If I shall declare unto you the things which are done every day, I will remember to recount those things which are from of old . For Wisdom had said before, You, O men, I entreat, and I utter my voice to the sons of men. O ye simple, understand subtilty, moreover ye unlearned, apply your heart ; and again, Through Me kings reign, and mighty men decree justice. …