Wisdom 5:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be, and we had no sign of virtue to show but were consumed in our wickedness.” More versionsCommon English Bible That’s us! We came into being, and almost immediately afterward, we died. We leave behind no evidence of virtue. We squandered what we had in bad living. Catholic Public Domain Version And in like manner we, having been born, continuously cease to exist, and indeed, we depart with no sign of virtue to show, but we are consumed in our malice." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness. Good News Translation (US Version) It is the same with us—we were born, and then we ceased to be. We left no sign of virtue behind us; we were destroyed by our wickedness.” World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be; and we had no sign of virtue to show, but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.” Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition As soon as we were born, we began to disappear because we followed only evil and left behind no traces of anything good.” |