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Proverbs 30:4Prov.30.4

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Qui est monté aux cieux, et qui en est descendu? Qui a recueilli le vent dans ses mains? Qui a serré les eaux dans son vêtement? Qui a fait paraître les extrémités de la terre? Quel est son nom, et quel est le nom de son fils? Le sais-tu?

KJV

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    of Him;" and it is written: "What is His name, and what is the name of His Son, if thou knowest?" ( Prov. 30:4 ). Objection 2: Further, every name is either abstract or concrete. But concrete names do not belong to God, since He is simple, nor do abstract names belong to Him, for…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 141 (Migne)

    aquas quasi in vestimento? quis suscitavit omnes terminos terrae? quod nomen filii ejus, si nosti? (Prov. XXX, 4.) Ex his ergo propriis supradictis quae Christum a creatura separant, sit pro ratione demonstratio divinitatis ejus hoc modo. Quidquid est aut Creator, [Col. 0313A]…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 141 (Migne)

    ento? Quis suscitavit omnes terminos terrae? Quod nomen est ei, et quod nomen filii ejus, si nosti? (Prov. XXX, 4.) » Isaias: «Nunquid qui alios parere facio, ipse non pariam, dicit Dominus? Et qui generationem aliis tribuo, sterilis ero? [Col. 0332A] ait Dominus (Isa. LXVI, 9)…

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