Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When unrighteous people commit sin, they will be hunted down, not by the power of whatever thing they swear by, but by the punishment that sinners deserve. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Wisdom 14:29For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. 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 15:1 But thou, our God, art gracious and true, patient, and ordering all things in mercy. Wisdom 15:2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy greatness: and if we sin not, we know that we are counted with thee. Context Wisdom 14…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. 31For it is not the power of them, by whom they swear, but the just vengeance of sinners always punisheth the transgression of the unjust. … Cross References Wisdom 14:29 For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt. 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 15:1 But thou, our God, art gracious and true, patient, and ordering all things in mercy. Wisdom 15:2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy greatness: and if we sin not, we know that we are counted with thee. |