Wisdom 3:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not entered into a sinful union; she will have fruit when God examines souls. More versionsCommon English Bible What a contrast to the barren woman who has kept herself pure, who hasn’t had sex with another in sin. She will be blessed. When God inspects entire lives, she will bear fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, fertile is the barren and undefiled, who has not known transgressions in bed; she will bear fruit by caring for holy souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Their offspring is cursed: for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls. Good News Translation (US Version) All his descendants will be under a curse. On Judgment Day God will reward the woman who has never been able to have a child, provided she has not been guilty of adultery. Then she will be happy. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers Their descendants are cursed. For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy, she who has not conceived in transgression. She will have fruit when God examines souls. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and under God's curse. A wife who remains faithful will be given children at a time that God decides. |