Isaiah 3:7
Douay-Rheims
In that day he shall answer, saying: I am no healer, and in my house there is no bread, nor clothing: make me not ruler of the people.
George Leo Haydock
Clothing. The indigent were excluded from dignities, for fear lest they should seek to enrich themselves by unjustifiable means, Exodus xviii. 22. (Plut.[Plutarch?] in Solon.) (Pliny, [Natural History?] xvi. 19.) (Calmet)
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1849 · Isaias 3:7
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.