Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation An arrow splits the air when it is shot at a target, but at once the air closes up behind it, and no one can tell where it passed. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 5:10And 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: Wisdom 5:11 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 5:13 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. Wisdom 5:14 Such things as these the sinners said in hell: Context Wisdom 5…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: 13So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.… Cross References 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 5:11 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 5:13 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. Wisdom 5:14 Such things as these the sinners said in hell: |