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Wisdom 14:20

And the multitude of men, carried away by the beauty of the work, took him now for a god that a little before was but honoured as a man.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Multitudo autem hominum, abducta per speciem operis, eum qui ante tempus tamquam homo honoratus fuerat, nunc deum æstimaverunt.
Septuagint (Swete)
τὸ δὲ πλῆθος ἐφελκόμενον διὰ τὸ εὔχαρι τῆς ἐργασίας τὸν πρὸ ὀλίγου τιμηθέντα ἄνθρωπον νῦν σέβασμα ἐλογίσαντο.