Sirach 1:4
Douay-Rheims
Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
Glossa Ordinaria
She was created before all things. Created according to the humanity in the counsel of God the Father, that is, she was predestined to be incarnate for the salvation of the human race. But it is to be noted that on account of the unity of the person Christ is sometimes said to be begotten, sometimes created.
Source details
Ecclesiasticus 1:4
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.