Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation In your sight the whole world is a grain of sand, barely heavy enough to tip a pair of scales, a drop of dew on the ground in the morning. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For great power always belonged to thee alone: and who shall resist the strength of thy arm? Wisdom 11:20Whereof not only the hurt might be able to destroy them, but also the very sight might kill them through fear. Wisdom 11:21 Yea, and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight. Wisdom 11:23 For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon tho earth. Wisdom 11:24 But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance. Context Wisdom 11…21Yea, and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight. 22For great power always belonged to thee alone: and who shall resist the strength of thy arm? 23For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon tho earth.… Cross References Wisdom 11:20 Whereof not only the hurt might be able to destroy them, but also the very sight might kill them through fear. Wisdom 11:21 Yea, and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight. Wisdom 11:23 For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon tho earth. Wisdom 11:24 But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance. |