Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But an ungrateful person's hope will melt away like frost, and drain away like water that is not being used. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's ice, and shall run off as unprofitable water. Wisdom 16:27For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Wisdom 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. Wisdom 17:1 For thy judgments, O Lord, are great, and thy words cannot be expressed: therefore undisciplined souls have erred. Wisdom 17:2 For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence. Context Wisdom 16…28That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. 29For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's ice, and shall run off as unprofitable water. … Cross References Wisdom 16:27 For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Wisdom 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. Wisdom 17:1 For thy judgments, O Lord, are great, and thy words cannot be expressed: therefore undisciplined souls have erred. Wisdom 17:2 For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence. |
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