Wisdom 9:7
Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tu elegisti me regem populo tuo, et judicem filiorum tuorum et filiarum :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- σύ με προείλω βασιλέα λαοῦ σου καὶ δικαστὴν υἱῶν σου καὶ θυγατέρων·
Haydock's commentary
King. Hence it appears, that the sentiments of Solomon are expressed. (Worthington)
Judge. This is the first duty of a king.
Thy sons. He ought to govern his people, remembering that they are God's creatures and children.
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.