540 B
540 B
There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
"A raging person is cruel and an angry person is overwhelming, but who can stand before a jealous person?"
cruelty
"harshness"
the flood of anger
"the destructiveness of anger." Anger is spoken of as if it were a powerful flood.
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
"but no one is able to stand before jealousy"
to stand before jealousy
"to resist a jealous person" or "to remain strong when a jealous person attacks him"