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Wisdom 11:27

But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Parcis autem omnibus, quoniam tua sunt, Domine, qui amas animas.
Septuagint (Swete) shown from Wisdom 11:26
φείδῃ δὲ πάντων, ὅτι σά ἐστιν, Δέσποτα φιλόψυχε.

Haydock's commentary

All. Awaiting their amendment, and unwilling to destroy thy creatures, chap. xii. 10. Hence thou didst not exterminate the Egyptians at once. (Calmet)

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.

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