Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Yet even if they do live a long time, they will never amount to anything. They will not be respected in their old age, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour. Wisdom 3:15For 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. Wisdom 3:18 And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial. Wisdom 3:19 For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race. Context Wisdom 3…16But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out. 17And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour. 18And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial.… Cross References 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. Wisdom 3:18 And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial. Wisdom 3:19 For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race. |