Wisdom 4:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation. More versionsCommon English Bible Even though the ungodly have many children, none of them will amount to anything. Those bastard saplings will never put their roots down deep or be firmly established. Catholic Public Domain Version But the great number of the many different kinds of the impious will not be to their advantage, and spurious seedlings will not be given deep roots, nor will they establish any firm foundation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation. Good News Translation (US Version) No matter how many children are born of a forbidden union, none of them will ever amount to anything. They are illegitimate; they can never lay a firm foundation for themselves, never take deep root. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit, and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root, nor will they establish a sure hold. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition But all of the many children born to sinners will be useless and helpless like trees without roots. |