Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You rule on behalf of God and his kingdom, and if you do not govern justly, if you do not uphold the law, if you do not live according to God's will, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For power is given you by the Lord, and strength by the most High, who will examine your works: and search out your thoughts: Wisdom 6:2Hear, therefore, ye kings, and understand, learn ye that are judges of the ends of the earth. Wisdom 6:3 Give ear, you that rule the people, and that please yourselves in multitudes of nations: Wisdom 6:6 Because being ministers of his kingdom, you have not judged rightly, nor kept the law of justice, nor walked according to the will of God. Wisdom 6:6 Horribly and speedily will he appear to you: for a most severe judgment shall be for them that bear rule. Context Wisdom 6…3Give ear, you that rule the people, and that please yourselves in multitudes of nations: 4For power is given you by the Lord, and strength by the most High, who will examine your works: and search out your thoughts: 6Because being ministers of his kingdom, you have not judged rightly, nor kept the law of justice, nor walked according to the will of God.… Cross References Wisdom 6:2 Hear, therefore, ye kings, and understand, learn ye that are judges of the ends of the earth. Wisdom 6:3 Give ear, you that rule the people, and that please yourselves in multitudes of nations: Wisdom 6:6 Because being ministers of his kingdom, you have not judged rightly, nor kept the law of justice, nor walked according to the will of God. Wisdom 6:6 Horribly and speedily will he appear to you: for a most severe judgment shall be for them that bear rule. |