Psalms 104:27
He gave them power to shew his signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Posuit in eis verba signorum suorum, et prodigiorum in terra Cham.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἔθετο αὐτοῖς τοὺς λόγους τῶν σημείων αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν τεράτων ἐν γῇ Χάμ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 105:27
- שָֽׂמוּ בָ֭ם דִּבְרֵ֣י אֹתוֹתָ֑יו וּ֝מֹפְתִ֗ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חָֽם
Haydock's commentary
He gave. Hebrew, "they placed in them the words of their signs." (Calmet) (Houbigant)
But the Chaldean and St. Jerome are conformable to the Septuagint. (Berthier)
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 Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CV
18. “He set forth in them the words of His tokens, and of His wonders in the land of Ham” ( ver. 27 ). We ought not to understand by “the words of His tokens,” words literally, words with which the tokens and wonders were worked, that is, which they uttered, that these tokens and wonders might take place. For many were performed without words, either with a rod, or with outstretched hand, or by ashes sent towards heaven.…