That they, who of old and now also are malicious, may in one day with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled, and without trouble.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hell. Protestants, "grave. "The king only wanted to send them out of this world. At the end of this verse, St. Jerome says, "Hitherto is given the copy of the epistle. I found what follows after that place where we read, So Mardochai, (chap. iv. 17.) yet it is not in Hebrew nor does it appear in any of the interpreters. "(Haydock)
He means, Aquila For he plainly asserts before, that it was in the Septuagint, which he calls the Vulgate; and all know that this version was taken from the Hebrew. The Church reads this prayer of Mardochai, (Tirinus) in the mass, against pagans, (Worthington) and 21st Sunday after Pentecost, so that this is a part of Scripture which the Council of Trent will not suffer to be rejected. (Tirinus)
