Wisdom 18:25
And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- His autem cessit qui exterminabat, et hæc extimuit : erat enim sola tentatio iræ sufficiens.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τούτοις εἶξεν ὁ ὀλοθρεύων, ταῦτα δὲ ἐφοβήθησαν· ἦν γὰρ μόνη ἡ πεῖρα τῆς ὀργῆς ἱκανή.
Haydock's commentary
Afraid. Or shewed a regard for them. (Haydock)
Great is the power of a saint, of holy vestments, and of prayer. (Menochius)
Enough. God did not intend to exterminate his people, as he had done the first-born of Egypt. (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.