Wisdom 3:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.

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The children of adulterers, however, will come to nothing. The seed of people who have sex with others in violation of the Law will dry up.

But the sons of adulterers will not reach completion, and the offspring of a sinful bed will be banished.

But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out.

But children born of adultery or of a forbidden union will die an early death.

But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away.

But children born to persons who have committed some terrible sexual sin will die before they grow up.