Wisdom 5:14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴Because the hope of the ungodly is like thistledown^[a] carried by the wind,
and like a light frost^[b] driven away by a storm;
it is dispersed like smoke before the wind,
and it passes like the remembrance of a guest who stays but a day.

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Footnotes

Wisdom 5:14 Other ancient authorities read dust
Wisdom 5:14 Other ancient authorities read spider’s web

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