Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation or maybe of some worthless animal. He paints it all over with red, covering up every flaw in the work. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it: Wisdom 13:12And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat: Wisdom 13:13 And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man: Wisdom 13:15 And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron, Wisdom 13:16 Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help. Context Wisdom 13…13And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man: 14Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it: 15And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron,… Cross References Wisdom 13:12 And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat: Wisdom 13:13 And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it, and maketh it like the image of a man: Wisdom 13:15 And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron, Wisdom 13:16 Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help. |