Wisdom 4:14 (WEB)
for his soul was pleasing to the Lord. Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“Perhaps he is taken away, “lest that wickedness should alter his understanding…for his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from the people”—lest in life’s long journey he should lose his way in some trackless maze.” — editor's note: Wisd. iv. 11, 14.
Read the whole comment“No, I will be glad and rejoice that “speedily he was taken away lest that wickedness should alter his understanding” for “his soul pleased the Lord.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iv. 11, 14.
Read the whole comment“For, as it is written in the book of Wisdom, he was “taken away lest that wickedness should alter his understanding…for his soul pleased the Lord…and he…in a short time fulfilled a long time.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iv. 11–14.
Read the whole comment“Therefore “speedily was he taken away lest that wickedness should alter his understanding…for his soul pleased the Lord.”” — editor's note: Wisdom iv. 11, 14.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the Wisdom of Solomon: “He was taken away, lest wickedness should change his understanding; for his soul was pleasing to God.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iv. 11, 14.
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Cross-references · 1
Wisdom 4:14 and Daniel 3:88 share the same wording (10 words).