Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But the righteous live on forever. The Lord will reward them; the Most High will protect them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by. Wisdom 5:13So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness. Wisdom 5:14 Such things as these the sinners said in hell: Wisdom 5:16 But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High. Wisdom 5:17 Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them. Context Wisdom 5…14Such things as these the sinners said in hell: 15For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by. 16But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.… Cross References 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: Wisdom 5:16 But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High. Wisdom 5:17 Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them. |