Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Prends les meules, et mouds de la farine; Ote ton voile, relève les pans de ta robe, Découvre tes jambes, traverse les fleuves!
KJV
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
ve side, flour can represent vain thoughts, as in the prophet: "Take the millstone and grind flour" (Isaiah 47:2). The millstone represents one’s way of life. In the Gospel: "Two women will be grinding at the mill" (Matthew 24:41). The two millstones can also symbolize the two Te…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
ctantur in rebus volubilibus. Crus est corruptio, ut in Isaia: «Revela crus [Note: [Col. 0905] 9 Isa. XLVII, 2.] ,» id est, ostende quam corruptibilis sis. Per crus bona desideria, ut in Levitico: «Quod habet longiora crura retro [Note: [Col. 0905] 10 Lev. XI, 21.] ,» quod…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
1D] redige. Farina, cogitatio iniqui, ut in Isaia: «Tolle molam, mole farinam [Note: [Col. 0921] 17 Isa. XLVII, 2.] ,» id est, circuitus exteriorum curarum sume, et nunquam in te cogitationem exerce. Fratris appellatione Christus intelligitur, ut in Cantico de Synagoga in…
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