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1 Kings 2:61Kgs.2.6

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/עָשִׂ֖יתָ כְּ/חָכְמָתֶ֑/ךָ וְ/לֹֽא תוֹרֵ֧ד שֵׂיבָת֛/וֹ בְּ/שָׁלֹ֖ם שְׁאֹֽל

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Tu agiras selon ta sagesse, et tu ne laisseras pas ses cheveux blancs descendre en paix dans le séjour des morts.

KJV

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    n 3: To give life effectively is a perfection simply speaking; hence it belongs to God, as is said ( 1 Kings 2:6 ): "The Lord killeth, and maketh alive." But to give life formally belongs to a substance which is part of some nature, and which has not within itself the full nature…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ure: which death of nature is inflicted by the power of God on account of original sin, according to 1 Kings 2:6 : "The Lord killeth and maketh alive." Consequently, by the command of God, death can be inflicted on any man, guilty or innocent, without any injustice whatever. In l…
  • John Chrysostom

    NPNF1-10. St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of Saint Matthew

    21:6 26 26:16 28 28:15 28:15 2 Samuel 3:23-30 10:9-10 12:7-9 12:20 15:25-26 16:10 16:11-12 16:11-12 1 Kings 2:5-6 2:11-13 3:10-14 17:16 18:18 18:21 19:18 19:20 19:20-21 21 21:19 2 Kings 1:8 4:42 5:11 5:19-21 13:2 13:21 19:27-28 19:34 19:35 21:1-18 22:8 2 Chronicles 1:11-12 6:30 8…

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