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 17:11 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition11 For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible11 Wickedness is cowardly, condemned by its own witness. Distressed by conscience, the wicked person thinks everything is worse than it is. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version11 For fear is nothing else but unfaithfulness to thinking helpful things. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version11 For fear is nothing else but a yielding up of the succours from thought. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)11 Wickedness is cowardly in itself and stands self-condemned. Someone with a guilty conscience will always imagine things to be worse than they really are. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers11 For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing, and, being pressed hard by conscience, always has added forecasts of the worst. See the chapter |