Sirach 47:2
Douay-Rheims
And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.
Glossa Ordinaria
As the fat. It signifies him filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, separated in life and in manners from the fellowship of carnal men.
Source details
Ecclesiasticus 47:2
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.