Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Lord was pleased with Enoch's life and quickly took him out of this wicked world. People were aware of his departure but didn't understand. They never seemed to learn the lesson New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts: Wisdom 4:12For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. Wisdom 4:13 Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time. Wisdom 4:15 That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen. Wisdom 4:16 But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. Context Wisdom 4…13Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time. 14For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts: 15That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen.… Cross References Wisdom 4:12 For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. Wisdom 4:13 Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time. Wisdom 4:15 That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen. Wisdom 4:16 But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust. |