Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They think that our moral standards are so corrupt that everything we do should be avoided. They boast of having God for their Father, and believe that when all is said and done, only the righteous will be happy. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge We are esteemed by him as triflers, and he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness, and he preferreth the latter end of the just, and glorieth that he hath God for his father. Wisdom 2:14He is become a censurer of our thoughts. Wisdom 2:15 He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men's, and his ways are very different. Wisdom 2:17 Let us see then if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen to him, and we shall know what his end shall be. Wisdom 2:18 For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies. Context Wisdom 2…15He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men's, and his ways are very different. 16We are esteemed by him as triflers, and he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness, and he preferreth the latter end of the just, and glorieth that he hath God for his father. 17Let us see then if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen to him, and we shall know what his end shall be.… Cross References Wisdom 2:14 He is become a censurer of our thoughts. Wisdom 2:15 He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men's, and his ways are very different. Wisdom 2:17 Let us see then if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen to him, and we shall know what his end shall be. Wisdom 2:18 For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies. |