1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Psalms 11:7 | *The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times. Proverbs 30:5. | Pure words, very different from those of the deceitful, ver. 3. (Calmet) --- Earth, dross, or in the crucible, or "for the ruler of earth:" (Pagnin; Haydock) current money. If we alter the Hebrew a little, it may be, "with care, (bahalil, which is never elsewhere used for a crucible) gold refined seven times;" often, (Proverbs 24:16.) or as much as possible. (Calmet) |