Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A wicked person may kill someone, but cannot bring the dead person back to life or rescue a soul imprisoned in the world of the dead. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A man indeed killeth through malice, and when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return, neither shall he call back the soul that is received: Wisdom 16:12For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaster, that healed them, but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things. Wisdom 16:13 For it is thou, O Lord, that hast power of life and death, and leadest down to the gates of death, and bringest back again: Wisdom 16:15 But it is impossible to escape thy hand: Wisdom 16:16 For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire. Context Wisdom 16…13For it is thou, O Lord, that hast power of life and death, and leadest down to the gates of death, and bringest back again: 14A man indeed killeth through malice, and when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return, neither shall he call back the soul that is received: 15But it is impossible to escape thy hand:… Cross References Wisdom 16:12 For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaster, that healed them, but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things. Wisdom 16:13 For it is thou, O Lord, that hast power of life and death, and leadest down to the gates of death, and bringest back again: Wisdom 16:15 But it is impossible to escape thy hand: Wisdom 16:16 For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire. |