Wisdom 13:12
Good News Translation
He will take the leftover pieces and use them as firewood to cook a meal that he can sit down to and enjoy.

New Revised Standard Version
and burn the cast-off pieces of his work to prepare his food, and eat his fill.

Contemporary English Version
Some of the leftover wood may be used for a cooking fire,

New American Bible
And use the scraps from his handiwork in preparing his food, and have his fill;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat:

Wisdom 13:10
But unhappy are they, and their hope is among the dead, who have called gods the works of the hand of men, gold and silver, the inventions of art, and the resemblances of beasts, or an unprofitable stone the work of an ancient hand.

Wisdom 13:11
Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut down a tree proper for his use in the wood, and skilfully taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, diligently formeth a vessel profitable for the common uses of life,

Wisdom 13:13
And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man:

Wisdom 13:14
Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it:

Context
Wisdom 13
11Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut down a tree proper for his use in the wood, and skilfully taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, diligently formeth a vessel profitable for the common uses of life, 12And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat: 13And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man:…
Cross References
Wisdom 13:10
But unhappy are they, and their hope is among the dead, who have called gods the works of the hand of men, gold and silver, the inventions of art, and the resemblances of beasts, or an unprofitable stone the work of an ancient hand.

Wisdom 13:11
Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut down a tree proper for his use in the wood, and skilfully taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, diligently formeth a vessel profitable for the common uses of life,

Wisdom 13:13
And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man:

Wisdom 13:14
Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 13:11
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