| DB1 | | Idols. Wis.14.1-11 | KNSB Contents | notes| 14 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 14 1 | Again, one preparing to sail and about to voyage over raging waves calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the ship which carries him. | Idols. Wis.14.1-11 | |
| 2 | For it was desire for gain that planned that vessel, and wisdom was the craftsman who built it; | ||
| 3 | but it is your providence, O Father, that steers its course, because you have given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves, | ||
| 4 | showing that you can save from every danger, so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea. | ||
| 5 | It is your will that works of your wisdom should not be without effect; therefore men trust their lives even to the smallest piece of wood, and passing through the billows on a raft they come safely to land. | ||
| 6 | For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a raft, and guided by your hand left to the world the seed of a new generation. | ||
| 7 | For blessed is the wood by which righteousness comes. | ||
| 8 | But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is he who made it; because he did the work, and the perishable thing was named a god. | ||
| 9 | For equally hateful to God are the ungodly man and his ungodliness, | ||
| 10 | for what was done will be punished together with him who did it. | ||
| 11 | Therefore there will be a visitation also upon the heathen idols, because, though part of what God created, they became an abomination, and became traps for the souls of men and a snare to the feet of the foolish. | ||