Wisdom 15:4
Good News Translation
We have not been misled by any evil product of human skill, by any useless object painted by some artist, or by any idol smeared with different colors.

New Revised Standard Version
For neither has the evil intent of human art misled us, nor the fruitless toil of painters, a figure stained with varied colors,

Contemporary English Version
We have not been misled by wicked artists, who made bright-colored idols

New American Bible
For the evil creation of human fancy did not deceive us, nor the fruitless labor of painters, A form smeared with varied colors,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours,

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.

Wisdom 15:3
For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality.

Wisdom 15:5
The sight whereof enticeth the fool to lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless figure of a dead image.

Wisdom 15:6
The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them.

Context
Wisdom 15
3For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality. 4For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours, 5The sight whereof enticeth the fool to lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless figure of a dead image.…
Cross References
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.

Wisdom 15:3
For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality.

Wisdom 15:5
The sight whereof enticeth the fool to lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless figure of a dead image.

Wisdom 15:6
The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 15:3
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