Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation We were so proud of ourselves--we bragged about how rich we were--and now, what good has it done us? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us? 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. Wisdom 5:7 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 5:9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on, Wisdom 5:10 And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found. nor the path of its keel in the waters: Context Wisdom 5…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? 9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,… Cross References 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 5:7 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 5:9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on, Wisdom 5:10 And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found. nor the path of its keel in the waters: |
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