Wisdom 14:7
For blessed is the wood, by which justice cometh.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Benedictum est enim lignum per quod fit justitia ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐλόγηται γὰρ ξύλον δι᾽ οὗ γίνεται δικαιοσύνη·
Haydock's commentary
Cometh. By which Noe[Noah] was preserved, (Cornelius a Lapide) or criminals are executed. (Jansenius)
The author foretells the redemption of mankind on the cross. (Worthington) (Galatians iii. 13.) (St. Augustine, City of God chap. xv. 26; St. Ambrose, Psalm cxviii. ser. 8.)
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.