1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Sirach 42:1 | Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, *and accept no person to sin thereby. Leviticus 19:15.; Deuteronomy 1:17.; Deuteronomy 16:19.; Proverbs 24:23.; James 2:1. | Men. Here the Greek concludes the former chapter very properly, (Haydock) as we must be ashamed of doing these things, and not of those which follow. (Calmet) --- "Of repeating [and] of the speech which thou hast heard, and of revealing secret words; (things.; Haydock) and thou shalt be truly bashful, (aischunteros.; Calmet) and find favour with every man." (Grabe's edition) (Haydock) --- Thereby. In such cases we must shew a holy impudence, like Jeremias 1:10, 18. |