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Wisdom 15:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wisdom 15:16-18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
16 For a man made them,
and one whose spirit is borrowed formed them;
for no man can form a god which is like himself.
17 He is mortal, and what he makes with lawless hands is dead,
for he is better than the objects he worships,
since[a] he has life, but they never have.
Serpents in the Desert
18 The enemies of thy people[b] worship even the most hateful animals,
which are worse than all others, when judged by their lack of intelligence;
Footnotes
- Wisdom 15:17 Other authorities read of which
- Wisdom 15:18 Gk They
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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