Sophia Scriptura

1 Clement 39.9

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The fool's children will find no help.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:76

πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας· κολαβρισθείησαν ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος· ἃ γὰρ ἐκείνοις ἡτοίμασται, δίκαιοι ἔδονται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται.

English · Claude translation

May their sons be far from safety; may they be mocked at the doors of their inferiors, and there shall be no one to deliver them. For what has been prepared for them the righteous will eat, and they themselves shall not be delivered from evils.”

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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 translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Scripture
  • Job 5:4 · quotation, high confidence
  • Job 5:5 · quotation, high confidence

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1 Clem. 39.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/9/).

Plain text
1 Clem. 39.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/39/9/).

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