Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Once when the nations were frustrated in their wicked plans, Wisdom recognized a righteous man and kept him innocent in God's sight. She gave him strength to obey God's command in spite of his love for his son. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son. Wisdom 10:3But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother. Wisdom 10:4 For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood. Wisdom 10:6 She delivered the just man, who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis: Wisdom 10:7 Whose land, for a testimony of their wickedness, is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul. Context Wisdom 10…4For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood. 5Moreover, when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son. 6She delivered the just man, who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:… Cross References Wisdom 10:3 But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother. Wisdom 10:4 For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood. Wisdom 10:6 She delivered the just man, who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis: Wisdom 10:7 Whose land, for a testimony of their wickedness, is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul. |