Wisdom 11:7 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

for a manifest reproof of that commandment, whereby the infants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for:

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Common English Bible

But you gave your people water in greater abundance than they could possibly imagine.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For instead of a fountain, even everlasting in flow, you gave human blood to the unjust,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For instead of a fountain of an ever running river, thou gavest human blood to the unjust.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies, you gave them abundant water beyond all hope,

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

to punish the Egyptians for ordering the Hebrew children to be killed, then you surprised everyone by providing your people with more than enough water to satisfy their thirst.

Wisdom 11:7 Cross References