Wisdom 2:5 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For our time is like the passing of a shadow, and nothing can reverse our end, for it is signed and sealed, and cannot be returned.

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Common English Bible

⁵ Our time here is like a shadow passing by. There’s no turning back from death. It has been sealed, and no one will alter it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁵ Our time on earth is like a passing shadow. There is no escape from the day of our death; it is fixed, and no one can postpone it.”

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

⁵ For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁵ Time fades away like a shadow, and no one returns from death.

Wisdom 2:5 Tagairtí Cros