4. Because of this, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, guiding the just by means of contemptible wood.
5. Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame before God, and preserved his strength out of mercy for his sons.
6. She freed this just man from the destruction of the impious, fleeing descending fire in the Five Cities,
7. which, as a testimony to their wickedness, is a constantly smoking desolate land, and the trees bear fruit at uncertain times, and a figure of salt stands as a monument to an unbelieving soul.