Wisdom 13:16DRA
Bible Catholique · DRA · Verset 16 sur 19
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"Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help."
En contexte
14Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it:
15And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron,
16Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help.
17And then maketh prayer to it, inquiring concerning his substance, and his children, or his marriage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life:
18And for health he maketh supplication to the weak, and for life prayeth to that which is dead, and for help calleth upon that which is unprofitable: