Ecclesiastes 3:16 (WEB)
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Fathers and councils · 1
“…did so because Christ had not yet broken open the door of paradise, nor quenched with his blood the flaming sword and the whirling of the guardian cherubim.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 24: cf. Ezek. i. 15–20. Here as in his Comm. on Eccles. iii. 16–22, Jerome follows Origen, who, in his homily de Engastrimytho, lays down that until…
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Cross-references · 1
Leviticus 13:19 and Ecclesiastes 3:16 share the same wording (9 words).