Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?

Would

Who captureth the wise in their own craftiness, yea the headlong counsel of the crooked:

Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.

And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;

The same thing, one to another regarding, - not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:

Let no one be deceiving himself: - if anyone imagineth himself to be wise among you, in this age, let him become foolish, that he may become wise;

Who is wise and well-instructed-among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.

Man be

What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?

Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.

Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger - even as the rest, -

A wild

Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?

A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!

General references

Yahweh, knoweth the plans of men, That, they, are a breath!