Wisdom 5:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, The air disparted closeth up again immediately, So that men know not where it passed through:

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Common English Bible

It’s all vanished like an arrow that’s shot at its target: the air opens up as the arrow flies through it but immediately closes up behind the arrow, and no one can detect any trace of the arrow’s path.

Catholic Public Domain Version

or, like an arrow shot at a selected mark, the air continues to be divided and to be brought together again, so that its passing is unknown.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air presently cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:

Good News Translation (US Version)

An arrow splits the air when it is shot at a target, but at once the air closes up behind it, and no one can tell where it passed.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark, the air it divided closes up again immediately, so that men don’t know where it passed through.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

or like the unknown path of an arrow on its way to the target.

Wisdom 5:12 Cross References