Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They tell lies under oath and expect no punishment, because the idols they put their trust in are lifeless. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. Wisdom 14:27For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil. Wisdom 14:28 For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves. Wisdom 14:30 But for both these things they shall be justly punished, because they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile despising justice. Wisdom 14:31 For it is not the power of them, by whom they swear, but the just vengeance of sinners always punisheth the transgression of the unjust. Context Wisdom 14…28For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves. 29For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. 30But for both these things they shall be justly punished, because they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile despising justice.… Cross References Wisdom 14:27 For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil. Wisdom 14:28 For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves. Wisdom 14:30 But for both these things they shall be justly punished, because they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile despising justice. Wisdom 14:31 For it is not the power of them, by whom they swear, but the just vengeance of sinners always punisheth the transgression of the unjust. |