Wisdom 7:1
Good News Translation
Like every human being, I am mortal. I am a descendant of that first man, who was made from the soil. I was conceived from the sperm of a man, in the pleasure of intercourse. For nine months my flesh took shape in the blood of my mother's womb.

New Revised Standard Version
I also am mortal, like everyone else, a descendant of the first-formed child of earth; and in the womb of a mother I was molded into flesh,

Contemporary English Version
Like everyone else, I am destined to die. I too am a descendant of that man who was made from the soil of the earth. And my body took shape inside my mother's womb.

New American Bible
I too am a mortal, the same as all the rest, and a descendant of the first one formed of earth. And in my mother’s womb I was molded into flesh

Douay-Rheims Bible
I myself am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I myself am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh.

Wisdom 6:26
Now the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the whole world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.

Wisdom 6:27
Receive, therefore, instruction by my words, and it shall be profitable to you.

Wisdom 7:2
In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring.

Wisdom 7:3
And being born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

Context
Wisdom 7
1I myself am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh. 2In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring.…
Cross References
Wisdom 6:26
Now the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the whole world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.

Wisdom 6:27
Receive, therefore, instruction by my words, and it shall be profitable to you.

Wisdom 7:2
In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring.

Wisdom 7:3
And being born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 6:27
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