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But miserable, with their hopes set on dead things, are the men who give the name "gods" to the works of men's hands, gold and silver fashioned with skill, and likenesses of animals, or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 10)
A skilled woodcutter may saw down a tree easy to handle and skilfully strip off all its bark, and then with pleasing workmanship make a useful vessel that serves life's needs, (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 11)
But a castoff piece from among them, useful for nothing, a stick crooked and full of knots, he takes and carves with care in his leisure, and shapes it with skill gained in idleness; he forms it like the image of a man, (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 13)
When he prays about possessions and his marriage and children, he is not ashamed to address a lifeless thing. (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 17)
For health he appeals to a thing that is weak; for life he prays to a thing that is dead; for aid he entreats a thing that is utterly inexperienced; for a prosperous journey, a thing that cannot take a step; (Wisdom of Solomon 13, 18)
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. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 1)
but it is thy providence, O Father, that steers its course, because thou hast given it a path in the sea, and a safe way through the waves, (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 3)
showing that thou canst save from every danger, so that even if a man lacks skill, he may put to sea. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 4)
It is thy will that works of thy 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. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 5)
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. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 8)
For he, perhaps wishing to please his ruler, skilfully forced the likeness to take more beautiful form, (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 19)
And this became a hidden trap for mankind, because men, in bondage to misfortune or to royal authority, bestowed on objects of stone or wood the name that ought not to be shared. (Wisdom of Solomon 14, 21)
