Ecclesiasticus 41:12

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos ; erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Qu�res eos, et non invenies,
viros rebelles tuos;
erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio
homines bellantes adversum te.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Quaeres eos et non invenies viros, qui rixantur tecum; erunt quasi non sint et veluti nihilum, viri bellantes adversum te.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shalt seek: Job 20:7-9, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36

them that contended with thee: Heb. the men of thy contention. they that war against thee. Heb. the men of thy war.

Reciprocal: Psalms 27:3 - war Psalms 31:17 - wicked Isaiah 29:7 - the multitude Isaiah 49:25 - I will contend Jeremiah 10:24 - lest Jeremiah 30:16 - General Zechariah 10:5 - because John 8:10 - where 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 12 Thou shall seek them, and shalt not find them,.... They not existing, or being fled into holes and corners, to rocks and mountains, to hide themselves from the wrath of the Lamb, Revelation 6:15:

even them that contended with thee; or, "the men of thy contention" p; who contended with them, not by words and arguments, but by severe persecutions, striving thereby to hinder the progress of the Gospel, and to root Christianity out of the world:

they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought: or, "the men of thy war" q; that proclaimed and carried on war against the Christians, in order to destroy them utterly; yet they, and all their efforts, came to nothing, the Gospel prevailed, and Paganism was utterly abolished; which came to pass in Constantine's time, at the opening of the sixth seal, Revelation 6:12 which is a proper comment on this text.

p אנשי מצתיך "viros jurgii tui", Montanus. q אנשי מלחמתך "viri belli tui", Vatablus; "pugnae tuae", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt seek them - This denotes that it would be impossible to find them, for they should cease to exist. The whole verse, with the verse following, is emphatic, repeating in varied terms what was said before, and meaning that their foes should be entirely destroyed.