Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When I am silent, they will wait for me to speak, and when I speak, they will pay attention. Even when I speak at length, they will listen with concentration. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth. Wisdom 8:10For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young: Wisdom 8:11 And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me. Wisdom 8:13 Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me. Wisdom 8:14 I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me. Context Wisdom 8…11And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me. 12They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak; and if I talk much, they shall lay their hands on their mouth. 13Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.… Cross References Wisdom 8:10 For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young: Wisdom 8:11 And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me. Wisdom 8:13 Moreover, by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me. Wisdom 8:14 I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me. |