Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So let's put them to the test. We'll be cruel to them, and torment them; then we'll find out how calm and reasonable they are! We'll find out just how much they can stand! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness, and try his patience. Wisdom 2:17Let 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. 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. Wisdom 2:20 Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words. Wisdom 2:21 These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them. Context Wisdom 2…18For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies. 19Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness, and try his patience. 20Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.… Cross References 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. Wisdom 2:20 Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words. Wisdom 2:21 These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them. |