Wisdom 5:11
Good News Translation
A bird flies through the air, but leaves no sign that it has been there. It speeds along, riding through the thin air by the force of its wings, leaving behind no trace of its passing.

New Revised Standard Version
or as, when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found; the light air, lashed by the beat of its pinions and pierced by the force of its rushing flight, is traversed by the movement of its wings, and afterward no sign of its coming is found there;

Contemporary English Version
or like the flight of a bird through the air,

New American Bible
Or like a bird flying through the air; no evidence of its course is to be found— But the fluid air, lashed by the beating of pinions, and cleft by the rushing force Of speeding wings, is traversed; and afterward no mark of passage can be found in it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:

Wisdom 5:9
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,

Wisdom 5:10
And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found. nor the path of its keel in the waters:

Wisdom 5:12
Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:

Wisdom 5:13
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.

Context
Wisdom 5
10And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found. nor the path of its keel in the waters: 11Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight: she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way: 12Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:…
Cross References
Wisdom 5:9
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,

Wisdom 5:10
And as a ship, that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found. nor the path of its keel in the waters:

Wisdom 5:12
Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air quickly cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:

Wisdom 5:13
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 5:10
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