17 You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

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13 For he said:

I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;(A)
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:13 Or I brought down their kings

24 You have mocked the Lord through your servants.
You have said, “With my many chariots(A)
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.
25 I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands.[a]
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 37:25 DSS, 2Kg 19:24; MT omits in foreign lands

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