Wisdom 15:12
Good News Translation
He thinks of human life as just a game, a market where he can make a profit. He believes that he must make money however he can, even by evil ways.

New Revised Standard Version
But they considered our existence an idle game, and life a festival held for profit, for they say one must get money however one can, even by base means.

Contemporary English Version
They think of life as a meaningless game or as a festival for making money, because they believe that we should try to get rich in every way possible, even by dishonesty.

New American Bible
Instead, he esteemed our life a mere game, and our span of life a holiday for gain; “For one must,” says he, “make a profit in every way, be it even from evil.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea, and they have counted our life a pastime and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Yea, and they have counted our life a pastime and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil.

Wisdom 15:10
For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth and his life more base than clay:

Wisdom 15:11
Forasmuch as he knew not his maker, and him that inspired into him the soul that worketh, and that breathed into him a living spirit.

Wisdom 15:13
For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods.

Wisdom 15:14
But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure:

Context
Wisdom 15
11Forasmuch as he knew not his maker, and him that inspired into him the soul that worketh, and that breathed into him a living spirit. 12Yea, and they have counted our life a pastime and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil. 13For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods.…
Cross References
Wisdom 15:10
For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth and his life more base than clay:

Wisdom 15:11
Forasmuch as he knew not his maker, and him that inspired into him the soul that worketh, and that breathed into him a living spirit.

Wisdom 15:13
For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods.

Wisdom 15:14
But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 15:11
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