Wisdom 2:23
Good News Translation
When God created us, he did not intend for us to die; he made us like himself.

New Revised Standard Version
for God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity,

Contemporary English Version
God created us to live forever, just as he himself does.

New American Bible
For God formed us to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.

Wisdom 2:21
These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.

Wisdom 2:22
And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.

Wisdom 2:24
But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world:

Wisdom 2:25
And they follow him that are of his side.

Context
Wisdom 2
22And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls. 23For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him. 24But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world:…
Cross References
Wisdom 2:21
These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.

Wisdom 2:22
And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.

Wisdom 2:24
But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world:

Wisdom 2:25
And they follow him that are of his side.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 2:22
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