Wisdom 5:7
Good News Translation
All our lives we wandered across unmarked deserts, instead of following the road which the Lord wanted us to travel. And this lawlessness led us to ruin.

New Revised Standard Version
We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction, and we journeyed through trackless deserts, but the way of the Lord we have not known.

Contemporary English Version
We refused to follow the Lord! Instead we were lawless and followed a desert road that led us to destruction.

New American Bible
We were entangled in the thorns of mischief and of ruin; we journeyed through trackless deserts, but the way of the LORD we never knew.

Douay-Rheims Bible
We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.

Wisdom 5:5
Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.

Wisdom 5:6
Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.

Wisdom 5:8
What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?

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

Context
Wisdom 5
6Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us. 7We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known. 8What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?…
Cross References
Wisdom 5:5
Behold, how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.

Wisdom 5:6
Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.

Wisdom 5:8
What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?

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



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

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