“Propter quem cum aqua deleret terram, sanavit iterum sapientia, per contemptibile lignum justum gubernans.”
“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.”
“And when for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, Wisdom again saved it, Guiding the righteous man’s course by a poor piece of wood.”
Cause. The wickedness of the race of Cain. (Calmet) — Just. Noe[Noah]. — Wood. Who would have thought that such a vessel would save mankind, &c., amid the raging storms? Noe must have been an able mechanic: (Calmet) but God both directed him, and closed up the door, Genesis vii. 16. (Haydock)