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Wisdom 15:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Wisdom 15:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
16 For a human being made them,
and one whose spirit is borrowed formed them;
for none can form gods that are like themselves.
17 People are mortal, and what they make with lawless hands is dead;
for they are better than the objects they worship,
since[a] they have life, but the idols[b] never had.
Serpents in the Desert
18 Moreover, they worship even the most hateful animals,
which are worse than all others when judged by their lack of intelligence;
Footnotes
- Wisdom 15:17 Other ancient authorities read of which
- Wisdom 15:17 Gk but they
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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