Ecclesiasticus 14:21

Nova Vulgata

Praeparate filios eius occisioni ob iniquitatem patrum suorum; ne consurgant, ut hereditent terram, neque impleant faciem orbis civitatum"".

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Pr�parate filios ejus occisioni, in iniquitate patrum suorum : non consurgent, nec h�reditabunt terram, neque implebunt faciem orbis civitatum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Pr�parate filios ejus occisioni,
in iniquitate patrum suorum:
non consurgent, nec h�reditabunt terram,
neque implebunt faciem orbis civitatum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

slaughter: Exodus 20:5, Leviticus 26:39, Matthew 23:35

do not: Isaiah 27:6, Habakkuk 2:8-12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:3 - slay 2 Kings 10:6 - your master's sons 2 Kings 10:11 - he left Job 18:19 - neither Job 21:19 - for his Psalms 37:28 - but Isaiah 13:11 - I will punish Isaiah 40:24 - they shall not be planted Hosea 13:15 - his spring Amos 5:2 - she shall Amos 6:9 - if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Prepare slaughter for his children,.... These words are directed to the Medes and Persians, to prepare instruments of slaughter, and make use of them; and prepare themselves for the slaughter of the whole royal family, Belshazzar and all his children. So it is threatened to Jezebel, or the Romish antichrist, that all her children should be killed with death, Revelation 2:23:

for the iniquity of their fathers; they imitating and following them in their sins, partaking of them, and filling up the measure of their iniquities:

that they do not rise, nor possess the land; stand up and succeed him in the government of the land, as their inheritance:

nor fill the face of the world with cities; as their ancestors had done, which were built by them to perpetuate their name and glory, and to keep the nations in awe subdued by them. The Targum renders it, "with enemies"; which is followed by Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi; and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, "with wars"; to the great disturbance of the peace of the world, and to the disquietude of the inhabitants of it; which is a great plague to the world, and a judgment in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Prepare slaughter for his children - That is, cut them off not only from inheriting the honor of their father, but from life. This command seems to be directed to the Medes and Persians, and denotes that they would thus cut off his children.

For the iniquity of their fathers - On account of the crimes of their ancestors - the pride, haughtiness, and oppression of the kings of Babylon. This is the statement of a general principle of the divine administration, that the consequences of crime often pass over from the perpetrator, and impinge on his descendants (see Exodus 20:5).

That they do not rise - That they do not rise to occupy the places of their fathers; that they be degraded and reduced from their elevation and honored.

Nor fill the face of the world with cities - The Septuagint renders this, ‘And fill the land with wars.’ The Chaldee, ‘And fill the face of the world with “enemies.”’ The Syriac, ‘And fill the face of the earth with war.’ These versions evidently took the word ערים ‛ārı̂ym to mean “enemies” or “wars” - a sense which the word sometimes may have. But the common interpretation is to be preferred. The apprehension was, that they would fill the land, if they lived, with such cities of pride, magnificence, and wickedness, as “Babylon” was, and that thus crimes would be multiplied and prolonged; and hence, the purpose of God was not only to cut off Babylon - the “model” of all cities of arrogance and pride - but also to cut off those who would be disposed to rear similar cities, and to fill the land again with crime.