Wisdom 4:4
Good News Translation
Like trees with shallow roots, they put out leaves for a while, but they sway in the wind, and storms uproot them.

New Revised Standard Version
For even if they put forth boughs for a while, standing insecurely they will be shaken by the wind, and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted.

Contemporary English Version
They may blossom for a while, but they will be swept away in a gust of wind.

New American Bible
For even though their branches flourish for a time, they are unsteady and shall be rocked by the wind and, by the violence of the winds, uprooted;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.

Wisdom 4:2
When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it, when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.

Wisdom 4:3
But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.

Wisdom 4:5
For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing.

Wisdom 4:6
For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.

Context
Wisdom 4
3But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation. 4And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out. 5For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing.…
Cross References
Wisdom 4:2
When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it, when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.

Wisdom 4:3
But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.

Wisdom 4:5
For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing.

Wisdom 4:6
For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

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