Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation On that day, even the man who has been castrated will be rewarded with happiness, if he has kept the Law and has not stored up resentment against the Lord. Because he has been faithful, he will receive a special reward more precious than having children: a place in the Lord's heavenly Temple. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God. Wisdom 3:12Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. Wisdom 3:13 Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. Wisdom 3:15 For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth. Wisdom 3:16 But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out. Context Wisdom 3…13Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. 14And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God. 15For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth.… Cross References Wisdom 3:12 Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. Wisdom 3:13 Their offspring is cursed, for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin, she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. Wisdom 3:15 For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth. Wisdom 3:16 But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out. |