Wisdom 2:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.

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May strength be our only law and determine what’s right, for it’s clear to us that what is weak is worthless.

But let our strength be the law of justice, for what is weak is found to be useless.

But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble, is found to be nothing worth.

We'll call ourselves right if we are strong enough to get what we want. No one ever got anywhere by being weak!

But let our strength be a law of righteousness; for that which is weak is proven useless.

After all, might is right, and weakness is useless.