¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

²³ But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

¹² One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.