¹⁰ For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

¹⁵ Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

²¹ Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

⁷ See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

⁹ Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.

¹² And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

⁴ No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

¹⁹ As it says in the holy Writings, I will put an end to the wisdom of the wise, and will put on one side the designs of those who have knowledge.

²⁰ Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

²¹ For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

²² Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

² Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

³ See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:

⁴ By your wisdom and deep knowledge you have got power for yourself, and put silver and gold in your store-houses:

⁵ By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

⁶ For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have made your heart as the heart of God,

²⁴ In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

²⁰ As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

¹⁵ Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

⁸ No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

⁷ And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

⁸ Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

⁹ Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

⁵ They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

⁹ Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

¹⁰ Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

¹¹ He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

¹³ And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

¹⁴ Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.