Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours.
These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation,
Saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and for a parable of reproach.
We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.
Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.
Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.
We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.
What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,
And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found nor the path of its keel in the waters:
rise in waves
κυμαινόμενον
kymainomenon
path with no turnings
ἀτραπὸν
atrapon
keel
τρόπιος
tropios
Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:
fly through
διιπτάντος
diiptantos
stand
ταρσῶν
tarsōn
light
κοῦφον
kouphon
whistling
ῥοίζου
rhoizou
stepping upon
ἐπιβάσεως
epibaseōs
Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said in hell:
dust
χνοῦς
chnous
hoar-frost
πάχνη
pachnē
thin
λεπτὴ
leptē
pour through
διεχύθη
diechythē
lodger
καταλύτου
katalytou
lasting one day only
μονοημέρου
monoēmerou
pass by
παρώδευσεν
parōdeusen
For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.
beauty
κάλλους
kallous
shelter
σκεπάσει
skepasei
shield
ὑπερασπιεῖ
hyperaspiei
Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.
And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.
helmet
κόρυθα
korytha
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:
He will take equity for an invincible shield:
And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.
Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.
throwing stones
πετροβόλου
petrobolou
wash over
συγκλύσουσιν
synklysousin
And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner.
winnow
ἐκλικμήσει
eklikmēsei
misadventure
κακοπραγία
kakopragia
A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
