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Wisdom 4:2-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Wisdom 4:2-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
2 When it is present, people imitate[a] it,
and they long for it when it has gone;
throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph,
victor in the contest for prizes that are undefiled.
3 But the prolific brood of the ungodly will be of no use,
and none of their illegitimate seedlings will strike a deep root
or take a firm hold.
4 For even if they put forth boughs for a while,
standing insecurely they will be shaken by the wind,
and by the violence of the winds they will be uprooted.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 4:2 Other ancient authorities read honour
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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