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Wisdom 4:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Wisdom 4:1-3
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
4 Better 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.
2 When it is present, people imitate[b] 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.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 4:1 Gk it
- Wisdom 4:2 Other ancient authorities read honour
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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