Psalms 104:21
He made him master of his house, and ruler of all his possession.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Constituit eum dominum domus suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κατέστησεν αὐτὸν κύριον τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντα πάσης τῆς κτήσεως αὐτοῦ,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 105:21
- שָׂמ֣וֹ אָד֣וֹן לְבֵית֑וֹ וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בְּכָל קִנְיָנֽוֹ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CV
13. “The king sent and loosed him, the prince of the peoples, and let him go free” ( ver. 20 ). The “king” is the same as “the prince of the peoples:” he “loosed” him from his bonds “and let him go free” from his prison. “He made him lord also of his house: and ruler of all his substance” ( ver. 21 ). “That he might inform his princes like unto himself, and teach his old men wisdom” ( ver. 22 ). The Greek hath, “and teach his elders wisdom.” Which might altogether be rendered to the letter thus; “Might inform his princes like unto himself, and make his elders wise.” The word translated old men being presbyters or elders, not gerontas, old men: and to teach wisdom being from the Greek to sophize, which cannot be rendered by a single word in Latin, and is from the word sophia, wisdom, different from prudence, which is in Greek phronesis. …