Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης περιπατῶ, καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τρίβων δικαιώματος ἀναστρέφομαι,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּאֹֽרַח צְדָקָ֥ה אֲהַלֵּ֑ך בְּ֝ת֗וֹךְ נְתִיב֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט
The Fathers on this verse
St Victorinus of Pettau Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John, From the first chapter
13. “As it were the Son of man walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks.”] He says, in the midst of the churches, as it is said in Solomon , “I will walk in the midst of the paths of the just,” whose antiquity is immortality, and the fountain of majesty.
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. …