Wisdom 5:15
Good News Translation
But the righteous live on forever. The Lord will reward them; the Most High will protect them.

New Revised Standard Version
But the righteous live forever, and their reward is with the Lord; the Most High takes care of them.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord Most High takes care of his people; he will reward them, and they will live forever.

New American Bible
Yes, the hope of the wicked is like chaff borne by the wind, and like fine, storm-driven snow; Like smoke scattered by the wind, and like the passing memory of the nomad camping for a single day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.

Wisdom 5:13
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.

Wisdom 5:14
Such things as these the sinners said in hell:

Wisdom 5:16
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.

Wisdom 5:17
Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.

Context
Wisdom 5
14Such things as these the sinners said in hell: 15For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by. 16But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.…
Cross References
Wisdom 5:13
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.

Wisdom 5:14
Such things as these the sinners said in hell:

Wisdom 5:16
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.

Wisdom 5:17
Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 5:14
Top of Page
Top of Page