Wisdom 2:21
Good News Translation
That is how evil people think, but they are wrong. They are blinded by their own wickedness.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them,

Contemporary English Version
That's the reasoning of those who are evil, and they are both blind and foolish.

New American Bible
These were their thoughts, but they erred; for their wickedness blinded them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.

Wisdom 2:19
Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness, and try his patience.

Wisdom 2:20
Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.

Wisdom 2:22
And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.

Wisdom 2:23
For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.

Context
Wisdom 2
20Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words. 21These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them. 22And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.…
Cross References
Wisdom 2:19
Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness, and try his patience.

Wisdom 2:20
Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.

Wisdom 2:22
And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.

Wisdom 2:23
For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 2:20
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