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Wisdom 5:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Wisdom 5:13-15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
13 So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be,
and we had no sign of virtue to show,
but were consumed in our wickedness.’
14 Because the hope of the ungodly is like thistledown[a] carried by the wind,
and like a light frost[b] driven away by a storm;
it is dispersed like smoke before the wind,
and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but a day.
The Reward of the Righteous
15 But the righteous live for ever,
and their reward is with the Lord;
the Most High takes care of them.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 5:14 Other ancient authorities read dust
- Wisdom 5:14 Other ancient authorities read spider’s web
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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