Wisdom 8:15
Terrible kings hearing shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- timebunt me audientes reges horrendi. In multitudine videbor bonus, et in bello fortis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φοβηθήσονταί με ἀκούσαντες τύραννοι φρικτοί, ἐν πλήθει φανοῦμαι ἀγαθὸς καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ ἀνδρεῖος.
Haydock's commentary
Of me. Wisdom is the best protection.
Good and valiant. These are the two most essential qualifications of kings.
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.