Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He wore a long robe decorated with symbols of the universe. In honor of our ancestors he wore four rows of engraved stones on his chest, and your own majesty was represented by the ornament on his turban. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head. Wisdom 18:22And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oath and covenant made with the fathers. Wisdom 18:23 For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living. Wisdom 18:26 And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough. Wisdom 19:1 But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do: Context Wisdom 18…23For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living. 24For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head. 26And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.… Cross References Wisdom 18:22 And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oath and covenant made with the fathers. Wisdom 18:23 For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living. Wisdom 18:26 And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough. Wisdom 19:1 But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do: |