Ruth 3:11
Fear not therefore, but whatsoever thou shalt say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Noli ergo metuere, sed quidquid dixeris mihi, faciam tibi. Scit enim omnis populus, qui habitat intra portas urbis meæ, mulierem te esse virtutis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ νῦν, θύγατερ, μὴ φοβοῦ· πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃς ποιήσω σοι· οἶδεν γὰρ πᾶσα φυλὴ λαοῦ μου ὅτι γυνὴ δυνάμεως εἶ σύ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעַתָּ֗ה בִּתִּי֙ אַל תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמְרִ֖י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה לָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י יוֹדֵ֨עַ֙ כָּל שַׁ֣עַר עַמִּ֔י כִּ֛י אֵ֥שֶׁת חַ֖יִל אָֽתְּ
Haydock's commentary
Woman. Virtuous here may denote, "strong, generous," &c., Proverbs xxxi. 10. (Calmet)
But it includes the assemblage of all virtues. (Haydock).
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.