Wisdom 11:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁶ But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.

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Common English Bible

²⁶ You spare all things because all things are yours, ruler and lover of life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ For how could anything endure, except by your will? Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee.

Good News Translation (US Version)

²⁶ You have allowed it all to exist, O Lord, because it is yours, and you love every living thing.

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

²⁶ But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living.

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