Wisdom 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the destruction of the living.

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Common English Bible

¹³ God didn’t make death. God takes no delight in the ruin of anything that lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the loss of the living.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹³ God did not invent death, and when living creatures die, it gives him no pleasure.

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

¹³ because God didn’t make death, neither does he delight when the living perish.

Wisdom 1:13 Cross References