1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Wisdom 10:4 *For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.

Genesis 7:6.
Cause. The wickedness of the race of Cain. (Calmet) --- Just. Noe[Noah]. --- Wood. Who would have thought that such a vessel would save mankind, etc., amid the raging storms? Noe must have been an able mechanic: (Calmet) but God both directed him, and closed up the door, Genesis 7:16. (Haydock)