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George Leo Haydock, on Neh 4:17
George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Neh 4:17 · Douay-Rheims
“Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.”
On this verse:
“Sword. Hebrew, “dart.” (Calmet) — The expression seems to be proverbial. So Ovid makes Canacea speak, “My right hand holds the pen, my left the sword;” (Haydock) while I write, I am on the point of killing myself. (Calmet) Dextra tenet calamum, strictum tenet altera ferrum. (Ep. Her.)”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.