And the multitude, attracted by the charm of his work, now regarded as an object of worship the one whom shortly before they had honored as a man: We suggest reordering the material in this verse. A suitable model is as follows: “Then the people, who formerly [or, earlier] had honored their king as a human being, were so impressed by the work of art that they would start thinking of him as a god for them to worship.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Wisdom of Solomon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2004. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.