This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Wisdom 1:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition16 but ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible16 In spite of this, the ungodly called out to death by what they did and said. Thinking that death was their friend, they lost their resolve and made a treaty with death. Let them have each other: death and the ungodly belong together! See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version16 But the impious, with hands and words, have called death to them, and, esteeming it a friend, they have fallen away and have made a covenant with death, because they deserved to take part in it. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version16 But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend have fallen away, and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)16 Ungodly people have brought death on themselves by the things they have said and done. They yearn for death as if it were a lover. They have gone into partnership with death, and it is just what they deserve. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers16 but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death; deeming him a friend they pined away. They made a covenant with him, because they are worthy to belong with him. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition16 The words and deeds of evil people are an invitation to death. They think of death as friendly and desirable— they are partners with death, just as they deserve. See the chapter |