Wisdom 18:14
For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum enim quietum silentium contineret omnia, et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡσύχου γὰρ σιγῆς περιεχούσης τὰ πάντα καὶ νυκτὸς ἐν ἰδίῳ τάχει μεσαζούσης τὰ πάντα,
Haydock's commentary
Course. This description of the decree, or angel of the Lord, is most magnificent. The Church applies it to Christ's nativity, who is thought to have been born at midnight. (Calmet)
It insinuated his coming, when the world should enjoy a profound peace, though buried in the darkness of ignorance. (Worthington)
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.