Ecclesiasticus 54:14

Nova Vulgata

in iustitia fundaberis. Procul eris ab oppressione, quia non timebis, et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Et in justitia fundaberis : recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis ; et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Et in justitia fundaberis:
recede procul a calumnia, quia non timebis,
et a pavore, quia non appropinquabit tibi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

righteousness: Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 61:11, Isaiah 62:1, Jeremiah 31:23, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:28, Ezekiel 37:23-26, Joel 3:17-21, Zechariah 8:3, 2 Peter 3:13

thou shalt be: Isaiah 51:13, Zechariah 9:8

for thou: Isaiah 2:4, Proverbs 3:25, Proverbs 3:26, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 23:4, Jeremiah 30:10, Micah 4:3, Micah 4:4, Zephaniah 3:13-16, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:5

Reciprocal: Isaiah 32:17 - the work Daniel 3:17 - our God Daniel 4:9 - no secret Hosea 2:19 - in righteousness Luke 1:74 - that we Acts 12:24 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In righteousness shalt thou be established,.... In the righteousness of Christ, from whence flows the peace before spoken of, and which is the stability of the church of Christ, and the security of it and its members from condemnation. The doctrine of justification by Christ's righteousness is, as Luther calls it, "articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae", the article of the church, by which, as it is held fast or neglected, it stands or falls: or be established in exercising righteousness, doing justice and judgment, which, as it is the support and establishment of a kingdom and state, so of the church; for if purity of manners, holiness and righteousness, are neglected, a church soon comes to decay and ruin; but such will be the holiness of the professors of religion in the latter day, that every pot and vessel in it shall be holiness to the Lord, Zechariah 14:20:

thou shalt be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear; so far from it, that thou shalt not be in the least afraid of it, neither from within nor from without; not from false teachers that oppress the mind with legal doctrine; nor from persecutors that oppress and injure in person and property: the church will be now free from the oppression and tyranny of Rome, or mystical Babylon, which will now fall, and from the persecution of the antichristian states, on whom the vials of God's wrath will be poured, and so the church will be no more in fear of them; the words may be rendered, "therefore thou shalt not fear" b; there will be no cause for it, no occasion of it:

and from terror; it shall not come near thee; the terror of the antichristian beast and powers, which shall be no more, after their last effort next mentioned.

b לא תיראי "quare non timebis, [vel] ideo non metues", Vitringa; "quare ne timeas", Forerius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In righteousness shalt thou be established - This is language which is appropriately addressed to a city or commonwealth. The idea is, that it would not be built up by fraud, and rapine, and conquest, as many cities had been, but by the prevalence of justice.

Thou shalt be far from oppressions - That is, thou shalt be far from being oppressed by others. So the connection demands. The Hebrew would bear an active signification, so that it might be read, ‘be thou far from oppression,’ that is, be far from oppressing others. But the design of the prophet is rather to promise than to command; and the idea is, that they should have no occasion to fear the violence of others anymore.

For it shall not come near thee - This doubtless refers to the security, perpetuity, and prosperity of the church under the Messiah.