quo nisi habuisset orbis iam olim ob nimiam hominum impietatem totus justo
English translation: because, unless he had held/maintained so, the whole world would have been burnt to a crisp at some
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because, unless he had held/maintained so, the whole world would have been burnt to a crisp at some Explanation: habuisset is hard to translate without knowing who the subject is. It's basic meaning is "hold", referring to either physical things or abstractions (ideas). I'll guess that we are referring to ideas here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2009-05-06 19:20:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry--lost the end of my translation. because, unless he had held/maintained so, the whole world would have been burnt to a crisp at some earlier point, due to the just judgment of GOD. |
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