Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A righteous man once had to escape from his brother's anger, and Wisdom guided him in the right way. She showed him God's kingdom and allowed him to know about holy things. She made him prosperous and successful in his work. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours. Wisdom 10:8For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things; but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid. Wisdom 10:9 But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her. Wisdom 10:11 In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable. Wisdom 10:12 She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. Context Wisdom 10…9But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her. 10She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother's wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours. 11In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.… Cross References Wisdom 10:8 For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things; but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid. Wisdom 10:9 But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her. Wisdom 10:11 In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable. Wisdom 10:12 She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all. |