Wisdom 2:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof. More versionsCommon English Bible Over time, our names will be forgotten. No one will remember our deeds. Our lives will pass away like the last wisps of a cloud. Our lives will be dispersed like a morning mist chased away by the sun and weighed down by the day’s heat. Catholic Public Domain Version And in time our name will surrender to oblivion, and no one will have remembrance of our works. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works. Good News Translation (US Version) In time, no one will remember anything we ever did, and even our names will be forgotten. Our lives will pass away like the traces of clouds and vanish like fog in the heat of the sun. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Our name will be forgotten in time. No one will remember our works. Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, and will be scattered as is a mist, when it is chased by the rays of the sun, and overcome by its heat. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition In time we will be forgotten and so will our deeds. Life disappears like a cloud; it melts away like mist in the heat of the sun. |