GNT You did all this so that the idolaters, when they were hungry, would be unable to eat because of the disgusting creatures sent to them. Your people, however, suffered hunger only a short while, and then they ate the finest food. ...
Solomon Prays for Wisdom - God of my ancestors, merciful Lord, by your word you created everything. By your Wisdom you made us humans to rule all
8Her great power reaches into every part of the world, and she sets everything in useful order. Solomon's Love for Wisdom 2Wisdom has been my love. I courted her when I was young and wanted to make her my bride. I fell in love with her beauty.3She glorifies her noble origin by ...
3 Solomon made an alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. He brought her to live in David's City until he had finished building his palace, the Temple, and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 A temple had not yet been built for the Lord, and so the people were still of...
Solomon Wishes to Share His Wisdom 22 I will tell you what Wisdom is, and how she came to be. I will not keep anything secret. I will trace her history from the beginning and make knowledge of her open to all. I will not ignore any part of the truth. 23 No jealous desire to ...
Wisdom of Solomon 4 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 4Better than this is childlessness with virtue, for in the memory of virtue[a]is immortality, because it is known both by God and by mortals. 2When it is present, people imitate[b]it, ...
GNT It was necessary for the oppressors to suffer relentless need, while your people saw how their enemies were being tormented. NABRE For inexorable want had to come upon those oppressors; but these needed only to be shown how their enemies were being tormented. NCB For these idolaters nece...