Wisdom 13:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them. More versionsCommon English Bible They should have known that all these things—which they took to be gods and delighted in—were much less beautiful than the one who rules them all. The creator of beauty itself created them. Catholic Public Domain Version If they, being delighted by such sights, supposed them to be gods, let them know how great the Lord of them is in splendor. For he who created all things is the author of beauty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With whose beauty, if they, being delighted, took them to be gods: let them know how much the Lord of them is more beautiful than they: for the first author of beauty made all those things. Good News Translation (US Version) People were so delighted with the beauty of these things that they thought they must be gods, but they should have realized that these things have a master and that he is much greater than all of them, for he is the creator of beauty, and he created them. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers If it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods, let them know how much better their Sovereign Lord is than these, for the first author of beauty created them. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition because they were so beautiful. But you are the Lord, as well as the source of all beauty, so let those fools know how much more beautiful you are than any of these things. |