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 14:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition21 And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible21 In this way idolatry becomes a trap for one’s life. Whether it is because of a father’s misfortune or because people are ordered to do so, stones and plants begin to be called by the name that was never supposed to be shared with anything or anyone else. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version21 And this was the deception of human life: that men, serving either their own inclination or their kings, assigned the unutterable name to stones and wood. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version21 And this was the occasion of deceiving human life: for men serving either their affection, or their kings, gave the incommunicable name to stones and wood. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)21 So all this became a deadly trap, because people who were grieving, or under royal authority, would take objects of stone or wood, and give them the honor reserved for the One God. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers21 And this became an ambush, because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny, invested stones and stocks with the Name that shouldn’t be shared. See the chapter |