Wisdom 14:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁸ Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.

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Common English Bible

¹⁸ But the artist’s desire to be recognized for his work also incited the fools to an ever greater intensity of worship.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Yet, it passes into their care, and those whom they did not know, they love because of the excellence of the artist.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And to worshipping of these, the singular diligence also of the artificer helped to set forward the ignorant.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁸ The ambitious artists who made these likenesses caused this worship to spread, even among people who did not know the king.

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

¹⁸ But worship was raised to a yet higher pitch, even by those who didn’t know him, urged forward by the ambition of the architect;

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