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 10:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20218 For because they passed wisdom by, they not only were hindered from recognizing the good but also left for humankind a reminder of their folly, so that their failures could never go unnoticed. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible8 By trying to get along without Wisdom, they didn’t recognize what was good. In doing so, they left a lasting memorial of their foolishness for everyone to see. They were unable to hide the things that led to their downfall. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version8 For, in disregarding wisdom, they are fallen, not so much in this, that they were ignorant of good, but that they bequeathed to men a memorial of their foolishness, so that, in the things in which they sinned, they were unable to escape notice. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version8 For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things, but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)8 The people of those cities ignored Wisdom and could not tell right from wrong. Not only that, but the remains of their cities still remind us of the foolish way they lived, so that their failure can never be forgotten. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers8 For having passed wisdom by, not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good, but they also left behind them for their life a monument of their folly, to the end that where they stumbled, they might fail even to be unseen; See the chapter |