Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation All our lives we wandered across unmarked deserts, instead of following the road which the Lord wanted us to travel. And this lawlessness led us to ruin. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known. Wisdom 5:5Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints. Wisdom 5:6 Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us. Wisdom 5:8 What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us? Wisdom 5:9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on, Context Wisdom 5…6Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us. 7We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known. 8What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?… Cross References Wisdom 5:5 Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints. Wisdom 5:6 Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us. Wisdom 5:8 What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us? Wisdom 5:9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on, |
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