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Wisdom 5:13-15
Revised Standard Version
Wisdom 5:13-15
Revised Standard Version
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 man is like chaff[a] carried by the wind,
and like a light hoarfrost[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 Or dust
- Wisdom 5:14 Other authorities read spider’s web
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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