Wisdom 10:12
Good News Translation
She protected him from his enemies who were waiting for a chance to attack him. She gave him victory in a hard fight, so that he might realize that nothing can make a person stronger than serving God.

New Revised Standard Version
She protected him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those who lay in wait for him; in his arduous contest she gave him the victory, so that he might learn that godliness is more powerful than anything else.

Contemporary English Version
She protected him from enemies who were waiting to attack, and when he wrestled with an angel, she let him learn that obeying you, our God, is what makes a person really powerful.

New American Bible
She preserved him from foes, and secured him against ambush, And she gave him the prize for his hard struggle that he might know that devotion to God is mightier than all else.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.

Wisdom 10:10
She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.

Wisdom 10:11
In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.

Wisdom 10:13
She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.

Wisdom 10:14
And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.

Context
Wisdom 10
11In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable. 12She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. 13She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.…
Cross References
Wisdom 10:10
She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.

Wisdom 10:11
In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.

Wisdom 10:13
She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.

Wisdom 10:14
And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 10:11
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