And burn the castoff pieces of his work to prepare his food, and eat his fill: The Good News Translation model needs a slight revision. The woodworker doesn’t burn all the leftover wood (see verse 13), so a better rendering is “He takes some of the leftover pieces and uses them as….”

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.