Wisdom 15:19
Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Sed nec aspectu aliquis ex his animalibus bona potest conspicere : effugerunt autem Dei laudem et benedictionem ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐδ᾽ ὅσον ἐπιποθῆσαι ὡς ἐν ζῴων ὄψει καλὰ τυγχάνει, ἐκπέφευγεν δὲ καὶ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἔπαινον καὶ τὴν εὐλογίαν αὐτοῦ.
Haydock's commentary
Beasts. They are deformed, (Haydock) and seem to have been cursed by God, like the serpent, Genesis iii. 14. (Calmet)
Fled from. Or "have banished" (Lorin.) God's praise, claiming it for themselves. (Menochius)
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.