Wisdom 10 • Wisdom preserves the righteous through history — Greek text and reception
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Chapter 10 • Wisdom preserves the righteous through history
From the first-formed man to the rescued righteous
Verse 10:1
Greek–English Saints Priority
She guarded the first-formed father of the world,
who had been created alone,
and delivered him from his own transgression;
Textual & Reception Notes
Wisdom is the subject. The unnamed description is retained; this historical retelling is not expanded by inserting names into the text.
Verse 10:2
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and she gave him strength to rule over all things.
Textual & Reception Notes
Verse 10:3
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But an unrighteous man, departing from her in his anger,
perished with the passions that made him kill his brother.
Textual & Reception Notes
The compound ἀδελφοκτόνος explicitly concerns killing a brother. The person remains unnamed.
Verse 10:4
Greek–English Saints Priority
Because of him the earth was being flooded, but wisdom again saved it,
steering the righteous man by means of humble wood.
Textual & Reception Notes
The causal ‘because of him’ is explicit and is not replaced with a different account of the flood. ‘Humble wood’ preserves ξύλον rather than adding the noun ark.
Verse 10:5
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When nations were confounded in their shared wickedness,
she recognized the righteous man and kept him blameless before God,
and preserved him strong against compassion for his child.
Textual & Reception Notes
The last phrase concerns the inward affection evoked by a child; ‘against’ represents the difficult relation expressed by ἐπί. The tension is retained for review.
Verse 10:6
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When the ungodly were being destroyed, she rescued a righteous man
who fled the fire descending upon the Five Cities.
Textual & Reception Notes
Πεντάπολις is the district of five cities; the numerical force is retained.
Verse 10:7
Greek–English Saints Priority
As a witness to its wickedness there still stands a smoking wasteland,
and plants whose fruit never reaches ripeness,
and a standing pillar of salt, a memorial to a disbelieving soul.
Textual & Reception Notes
The landscape, unripe fruit, and salt pillar are three distinct witnesses. No personal name is inserted.
Verse 10:8
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For by passing wisdom by,
they were harmed not only by failing to know what is good,
but also left life a memorial of their folly,
so that even in the things in which they failed they could not escape notice.
Textual & Reception Notes
The ‘not only … but also’ structure and the purpose clause are both retained.
Verse 10:9
Greek–English Saints Priority
But wisdom rescued those who served her from troubles.
Textual & Reception Notes
The fugitive and the righteous man sold away
Verse 10:10
Greek–English Saints Priority
She guided a righteous man fleeing his brother’s anger along upright paths;
she showed him God’s kingdom
and gave him knowledge of holy things;
she made him prosper in his hardships
and multiplied the fruit of his labors.
Textual & Reception Notes
Ἅγια is rendered holy things, though holy beings is grammatically possible. ‘The fruit of’ supplies the productive sense of multiplying his labors rather than multiplying his suffering.
Verse 10:11
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She stood beside him against those who overpowered him in their greed,
and made him rich.
Textual & Reception Notes
Verse 10:12
Greek–English Saints Priority
She guarded him from enemies
and kept him safe from those lying in wait;
she presided over a mighty contest for him,
so that he might know that devotion to God is stronger than everything.
Textual & Reception Notes
Ἐβράβευσεν concerns acting as an arbiter or awarding a contest. ‘Presided over’ retains that role without adding an unexpressed opponent’s identity.
Verse 10:13
Greek–English Saints Priority
She did not abandon a righteous man who had been sold,
but rescued him from sin;
Textual & Reception Notes
The sale remains explicit; the text does not here name the righteous man.
Verse 10:14
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she went down with him into a pit
and did not leave him in bonds,
until she brought him the scepters of kingship
and authority over those who ruled him;
she showed those who accused him to be liars
and gave him everlasting glory.
Textual & Reception Notes
The source’s pit, bonds, royal scepters, and reversal of authority are all retained.
A holy people delivered through the sea
Verse 10:15
Greek–English Saints Priority
She rescued a holy people and blameless offspring
from a nation of oppressors;
Textual & Reception Notes
Verse 10:16
Greek–English Saints Priority
she entered the soul of a servant of the Lord
and opposed terrifying kings with wonders and signs.
Textual & Reception Notes
The subject remains wisdom. ‘A servant of the Lord’ is not replaced with a supplied name.
Verse 10:17
Greek–English Saints Priority
She repaid the holy ones the reward of their labors,
guided them on a marvelous way,
and became for them a covering by day
and a flame of stars by night.
Textual & Reception Notes
The unusual ‘flame of stars’ retains the actual Greek image rather than substituting a familiar pillar-of-fire formulation.
Verse 10:18
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She brought them across the Red Sea
and led them through abundant water;
Textual & Reception Notes
The declared source explicitly names the Red Sea.
Verse 10:19
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but their enemies she overwhelmed with the flood
and cast them up from the depth of the abyss.
Textual & Reception Notes
The two actions are flooding and casting up; the latter is not omitted because it differs from a simpler drowning account.
Verse 10:20
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Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly
and sang hymns, Lord, to Your holy name,
and praised with one accord Your hand that fought for them;
Textual & Reception Notes
The narrative turns to direct address of the Lord within the verse.
Verse 10:21
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for wisdom opened the mouth of the mute
and made the tongues of infants speak clearly.
Textual & Reception Notes
Κωφοί can concern deafness or muteness; opening the mouth supports mute here. The infants’ clear speech is separately stated.