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 2:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20213 when it is extinguished, the body will turn to ashes, and the spirit will dissolve like empty air. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible3 When that spark is extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes. The spirit will evaporate into thin air. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version3 therefore, when it is extinguished, our body will be ashes, and our spirit will be diffused like a soft breeze, and our life will pass away like the wisp of a cloud, just as a mist is dissolved when it is driven away by the rays of the sun and overpowered by its heat. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version3 Which being put out, our body shall be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured abroad as soft air, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, which is driven away by the beams of the sun, and overpowered with the heat thereof: See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)3 When that spark dies, our body will crumble into ashes, and our breath will become part of the empty air. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers3 which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes, and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air. See the chapter |