Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They thought that all their pagan idols were gods, even though idols cannot see with their eyes, cannot breathe through their nose, cannot hear with their ears, cannot feel with their fingers, and cannot walk on their legs. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For they have esteemed all the idols of the heathens for gods, which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle, and as for their feet, they are slow to walk. Wisdom 15:13For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods. Wisdom 15:14 But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure: Wisdom 15:16 For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself. Wisdom 15:17 For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. Context Wisdom 15…14But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure: 15For they have esteemed all the idols of the heathens for gods, which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle, and as for their feet, they are slow to walk. 16For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself.… Cross References Wisdom 15:13 For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods. Wisdom 15:14 But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure: Wisdom 15:16 For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself. Wisdom 15:17 For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never. |