# 1 Clement 39.7

- Author: [Clement of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/clement-of-rome/)
- Work: [1 Clement](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/) (*Epistula I ad Corinthios*)
- Date: ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:76; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/7/

Summary: Anger and envy destroy the foolish.

## Greek text

ἐπικάλεσαι δέ, εἴ τίς σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὄψῃ· καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργή, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος.

## English translation (Claude)

But call, if anyone will answer you, or if you will see any of the holy angels; for anger destroys the fool, and envy kills the one who has gone astray.

## Scripture references

- Job 5:1: quotation, high confidence
- Job 5:2: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

1 Clem. 39.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/7/).