Wisdom 9:6
Good News Translation
Even if someone is perfect, he will be thought of as nothing without the Wisdom that comes from you.

New Revised Standard Version
for even one who is perfect among human beings will be regarded as nothing without the wisdom that comes from you.

Contemporary English Version
because even a perfect human is really nothing without Wisdom from you.

New American Bible
Indeed, though one be perfect among mortals, if Wisdom, who comes from you, be lacking, that one will count for nothing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For if one be perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For if one be perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.

Wisdom 9:4
Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children:

Wisdom 9:5
For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.

Wisdom 9:7
Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:

Wisdom 9:8
And hast commanded me to build a temple on thy holy mount, and an altar in the city of thy dwelling place, a resemblance of thy holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning:

Context
Wisdom 9
5For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws. 6For if one be perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded. 7Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:…
Cross References
Wisdom 9:4
Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children:

Wisdom 9:5
For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.

Wisdom 9:7
Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:

Wisdom 9:8
And hast commanded me to build a temple on thy holy mount, and an altar in the city of thy dwelling place, a resemblance of thy holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 9:5
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