Font Size
Wisdom 2:1-3
Revised Standard Version
Wisdom 2:1-3
Revised Standard Version
2 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves,
“Short and sorrowful is our life,
and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end,
and no one has been known to return from Hades.
2 Because we were born by mere chance,
and hereafter we shall be as though we had never been;
because the breath in our nostrils is smoke,
and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our hearts.
3 When it is extinguished, the body will turn to ashes,
and the spirit will dissolve like empty air.
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
![RSV Personal Size Reference Bible--genuine leather, black](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/337958.jpg)
Retail: $109.99
Our Price: $72.99
Save: $37.00 (34%)
![Ignatius Catholic Bible (RSV): Compact Edition - Imitation leather, Burgundy with Zipper](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/171011.jpg)
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $35.99
Save: $13.96 (28%)
![4.5 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars45.png?7668a670)
![RSV Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament 2nd Edition, Hardcover](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/174842.jpg)
Retail: $35.95
Our Price: $26.95
Save: $9.00 (25%)
![4.5 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars45.png?7668a670)
![Revised Standard Version Catholic Bible, Large Print Edition, Hardcover](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/288704.jpg)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $36.99
Save: $13.00 (26%)
![4.5 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars45.png?7668a670)
![RSV2CE Large Print, Thinline Catholic Bible--soft leather-look, black](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/337557.jpg)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $32.99
Save: $17.00 (34%)