Wisdom 10:5
Moreover when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.
The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hæc et in consensu nequitiæ, cum se nationes contulissent, scivit justum, et conservavit sine querela Deo, et in filii misericordia fortem custodivit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- αὕτη καὶ ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ πονηρίας ἐθνῶν συγχυθέντων εὗρεν τὸν δίκαιον, καὶ ἐτήρησεν αὐτὸν ἄμεμπτον θεῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τέκνου σπλάγχνοις ἰσχυρὸν ἐφύλαξεν.
Haydock's commentary
She knew the just. She found out and approved Abraham, (Calmet) Sem, or Heber, who took no part in building the tower. (St. Augustine, City of God) (Chap. xvi. 4.)
To God. Many say that Abraham was at first addicted to idolatry. (Philo.) (St. Augustine, &c.)
But not after he was directed by the light of heaven. (Calmet)
Strong. Gave him strength to stand firm against the efforts of his natural tenderness, when he was ordered to sacrifice his son. (Challoner)
Against. Literally, "in." To obey God was true compassion to his son, though it might have deprived him of this life. (Haydock)
How many virtues did not Abraham manifest on this occasion! (St. Ambrose, Off. ii. 5.)
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.