Wisdom 13:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof? More versionsCommon English Bible After all, if they were indeed able to know so much that they could speculate about space and time, how is it that they weren’t able to discover the ruler of space and time more quickly? Catholic Public Domain Version For, if they were able to know enough so that they could value the universe, how is it they did not easily discover the Lord of it? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if they were able to know so much as to make a judgment of the world: how did they not more easily find out the Lord thereof? Good News Translation (US Version) If they had enough intelligence to speculate about the nature of the universe, why did they never find the Lord of all things? World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers For if they had power to know so much, that they should be able to explore the world, how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner? Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition because if they possessed the ability to examine the universe, why did it take them so long to find you, the Lord of the universe? |