Wisdom 18:24
For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In veste enim poderis quam habebat, totus erat orbis terrarum ; et parentum magnalia in quatuor ordinibus lapidum erant sculpta, et magnificentia tua in diademate capitis illius sculpta erat.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ⸂⸆⸃ ἐπὶ γὰρ ποδήρους ἐνδύματος ἦν ὅλος ὁ κόσμος, καὶ πατέρων δόξαι ἐπὶ τετραστίχου λίθου γλυφῆς, καὶ μεγαλωσύνη σου ἐπὶ διαδήματος κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ.
Haydock's commentary
Priestly. Literally, robe of the poderis, (Haydock) "reaching down to the feet," and made of sky-blue linen, with pomegranates and bells at the bottom. (Calmet)
The colours represented the four elements. (Haydock)
See St. Jerome, ep. cxxviii.; Josephus, [Jewish Antiquities?] iii. 8.
Fathers. The twelve descendants of Jacob, whose names appeared in the stones of the breast-plate, Exodus xxviii. 17.
Majesty. On a golden plate worn by the high priest on his forehead, was inscribed "Holiness to the Lord." (Ibid.[Exodus?] xxxvi.) (Calmet)
Sanctitas Jehova. (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.