Sirach 44:1 Douay-Rheims

Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.

George Leo Haydock

1774–1849 Catholic

Greek prefixes, “A Hymn of the Fathers.” The author here imitates the third work of Solomon. (Haydock) — He had given rules for all virtues; and he now sets before us those who had put them in practice. (Calmet) — It was the custom to sound forth the praises of these fathers in the temple and synagogues, ver. 15. (Grotius)

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1849 · Ecclesiasticus 44:1

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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