And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Le nom de cette étoile est Absinthe; et le tiers des eaux fut changé en absinthe, et beaucoup d'hommes moururent par les eaux, parce qu'elles étaient devenues amères.
KJV
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 194 (Migne)
absinthium (Amos V, 7) .» Et in Apocalypsi «nomen stellae quae de coelo cecidit, dicitur absinthium (Apoc. VIII, 11) .» Quia enim succus absinthii sumptus extorquet vomitum, recte absinthio judicium illud assimiletur, quod a piis et justis juste ac pie respuitur. Et tunc etiam no…
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