Parallel WIS 10:4

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BrLXX διʼ ὃν κατακλυζομένην γῆν πάλιν διέσωσε σοφία, διʼ εὐτελοῦς ξύλου τὸν δίκαιον κυβερνήσασα.
(diʼ hon katakluzomenaʸn gaʸn palin diesōse sofia, diʼ eutelous xulou ton dikaion kubernaʸsasa. )

BrTr For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.

WEBBE When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood,
⇔ wisdom again saved it,
⇔ guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood.

KJB-1611 [fn]For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, Wisedome againe preserued it, & directed the course of the righteous, in a piece of wood, of small value.
(For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, Wisedome again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous, in apiece of wood, of small value.)

10:4 Gen.7.21