Sophia Scriptura

2 Clement 6.8

Anonymous · 2 Clement · ca. 100–150 · place unknown · Read in context

Summary: Ezekiel: even Noah, Job, and Daniel cannot save their children.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:136

λέγει δὲ καὶ ἡ γραφὴ ἐν τῷ Ἰεζεκιήλ, ὅτι ἐὰν ἀναστῇ Νῶε καὶ Ἰὼβ καὶ Δανιήλ, οὐ ῥύσονται τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ αἰχμαλωσίᾳ.

English · Claude translation

And the scripture also says in Ezekiel that “if Noah and Job and Daniel should arise, they will not rescue their children in the captivity.”

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:136 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 128–161 · 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.
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  • Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): Ἰεζεκιήλ. ὅτι → Ἰεζεκιήλ, ὅτι.

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2 Clem. 6.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/6/8/).

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2 Clem. 6.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/2-clement/6/8/).

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