Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation With the same act you punished our enemies and did us the glorious honor of calling us to yourself. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For as thou didst punish the adversaries so thou didst also encourage and glorify us. Wisdom 18:6For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage. Wisdom 18:7 So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust. Wisdom 18:9 For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers. Wisdom 18:10 But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable mourning was heard for the children that were bewailed. Context Wisdom 18…7So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust. 8For as thou didst punish the adversaries so thou didst also encourage and glorify us. 9For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.… Cross References Wisdom 18:6 For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage. Wisdom 18:7 So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust. Wisdom 18:9 For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers. Wisdom 18:10 But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable mourning was heard for the children that were bewailed. |