Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then he prepares a suitable place in the wall for it and fastens it in place with iron nails. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron, 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: Wisdom 13:14 Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it: Wisdom 13:16 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. Wisdom 13:17 And then maketh prayer to it, enquiring concerning his substance, and his children, or his marriage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life: Context Wisdom 13…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, 16Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help.… Cross References 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 13:14 Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it: Wisdom 13:16 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. Wisdom 13:17 And then maketh prayer to it, enquiring concerning his substance, and his children, or his marriage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life: |