Wisdom 2:6
Good News Translation
The wicked say, "Come on, then, let's enjoy the good things of life, and live in this world the way we did when we were young and free of care!

New Revised Standard Version
“Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.

Contemporary English Version
"So make the most of life, especially while you're young.

New American Bible
Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are here, and make use of creation with youthful zest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth.

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Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth.

Wisdom 2:4
And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works.

Wisdom 2:5
For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth:

Wisdom 2:7
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.

Wisdom 2:8
Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot.

Context
Wisdom 2
5For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth: 6Come, therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth. 7Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.…
Cross References
Wisdom 2:4
And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works.

Wisdom 2:5
For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth:

Wisdom 2:7
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.

Wisdom 2:8
Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 2:5
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