Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Their branches snap off before they mature; their fruit never ripens, and it is good for nothing. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing. Wisdom 4:3But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation. Wisdom 4:4 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 4:6 For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial. Wisdom 4:7 But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. Context Wisdom 4…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. 6For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.… Cross References 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 4:4 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 4:6 For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial. Wisdom 4:7 But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest. |