Wisdom 5:17
Good News Translation
He will go out into battle determined to defeat his enemies, and use the creation itself as a weapon.

New Revised Standard Version
The Lord will take his zeal as his whole armor, and will arm all creation to repel his enemies;

Contemporary English Version
Eagerness will be like armor for the Lord, and he will equip all creation to fight and punish his enemies.

New American Bible
Therefore shall they receive the splendid crown, the beautiful diadem, from the hand of the LORD, For he will shelter them with his right hand, and protect them with his arm.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Wisdom 5:15
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 5:16
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.

Wisdom 5:18
And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.

Wisdom 5:19
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:

Context
Wisdom 5
16But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High. 17Therefore 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. 18And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.…
Cross References
Wisdom 5:15
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 5:16
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.

Wisdom 5:18
And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.

Wisdom 5:19
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 5:16
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