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 2:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition4 and our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible4 Over time, our names will be forgotten. No one will remember our deeds. Our lives will pass away like the last wisps of a cloud. Our lives will be dispersed like a morning mist chased away by the sun and weighed down by the day’s heat. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version4 And in time our name will surrender to oblivion, and no one will have remembrance of our works. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version4 And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)4 In time, no one will remember anything we ever did, and even our names will be forgotten. Our lives will pass away like the traces of clouds and vanish like fog in the heat of the sun. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers4 Our name will be forgotten in time. No one will remember our works. Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, and will be scattered as is a mist, when it is chased by the rays of the sun, and overcome by its heat. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition4 In time we will be forgotten and so will our deeds. Life disappears like a cloud; it melts away like mist in the heat of the sun. See the chapter |