Wisdom 13:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint coloring it red, and covering every spot therein;

More versions

Common English Bible

or he fashions it into something that vaguely resembles some miserable creature. He covers it with red paint, giving it a rosy hue where the creature’s flesh is supposed to be. He covers over every flaw in the wood.

Catholic Public Domain Version

or something comparable to an animal, thoroughly rubbing it with red ochre, to make it red with the color of the pigment, and to cover every imperfection which is in it;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermillion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it:

Good News Translation (US Version)

or maybe of some worthless animal. He paints it all over with red, covering up every flaw in the work.

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

or makes it like some worthless animal, smearing it with something red, painting it red, and smearing over every stain in it.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

or of some useless animal, before being painted red to cover all its flaws.

Wisdom 13:14 Cross References