Wisdom 5:8
Good News Translation
We were so proud of ourselves--we bragged about how rich we were--and now, what good has it done us?

New Revised Standard Version
What has our arrogance profited us? And what good has our boasted wealth brought us?

Contemporary English Version
All of our pride and wealth has proved to be useless.

New American Bible
What did our pride avail us? What have wealth and its boastfulness afforded us?

Douay-Rheims Bible
What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?

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 5:7
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 5:9
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:

Context
Wisdom 5
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? 9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,…
Cross References
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 5:7
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 5:9
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:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

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