Wisdom 15:17

ASV Byzantine Text

But, being mortal, he maketh a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; For he is better than the objects of his worship, Forasmuch as he indeed had life, but they never.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pilnam he aka duekkoi la om tih lailak kut ne a saii khaw duek, Amih tah amamih a bawk hno lakah rhoei ngai dae ta, amih tah hingnah a khueh tih muei loh a khueh moenih.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Cum enim sit mortalis, mortuum fingit manibus iniquis. Melior enim est ipse his quos colit, quia ipse quidem vixit, cum esset mortalis, illi autem numquam.]

Brenton English Septuagint

For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zelf sterfelijk, maakt hij met snode handen een levenloos ding; Maar zelf is hij beter, dan dat wat hij aanbidt, Want hij bezit het leven, dat andere niet!

Douay-Rheims 1899

For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never.

King James Version + Apocrypha

For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For being mortal, he works a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worships: whereas he lived once, but they never.

British English Septuagint 2012

For being mortal, he works a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worships: whereas he lived once, but they never.

Revised Version

But, being mortal, he maketh a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; For he is better than the objects of his worship, Forasmuch as he indeed had life, but they never.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mais, étant mortel, il fait une chose morte par l'œuvre de mains sans loi ; car il est meilleur que les objets de son culte, puisqu'il avait effectivement la vie, mais ils ne l'ont jamais eue.

Spanish BLL

Siendo mortal, lo único que puede hacer con sus manos maliciosas es una cosa muerta; porque él es mucho mejor que los muñecos que adora, porque él, aunque sea, sí tuvo vida, pero esos monos nunca la tuvieron.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Sino que, siendo mortal, hace una cosa muerta por obra de manos inicuas; porque él es mejor que los objetos de su adoración, puesto que él sí tuvo vida, pero ellos nunca la tuvieron.

Croatian Bible

i jer je smrtan, mrtvo djelo gradi bezbožničkim rukama. On je dragocjeniji od svojih svetinja, jer je živ, a one nisu.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: For he himself is better than the things which he worshipeth: Whereas he lived once, but they never.

World English Bible (Catholic)

But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.

World English Bible Classic

But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.

World English Bible Updated

But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.

SEPTUAGINTA

θνητὸς δὲ ὢν νεκρὸν ἐργάζεται χερσὶν ἀνόμοις· κρείττων γάρ ἐστι τῶν σεβασμάτων αὐτοῦ, ὧν αὐτὸς μὲν ἔζησεν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ οὐδέποτε.

Brenton Septuagint

θνητὸς δὲ ὢν νεκρὸν ἐργάζεται χερσὶν ἀνόμοις· κρείττων γάρ ἐστι τῶν σεβασμάτων αὐτοῦ, ὧν αὐτὸς μὲν ἔζησεν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ οὐδέποτε.

Mashi Bible

Nyakuhola-wahole, enkola-maligo zâge mpu nfune, zirhakola ogurhali mufiriri. Yêne ye mukulu hali ebyôla agashâniza, bulya yêhe abwîne cahiramwo omûka, ci byôhe ntà mango!

CC BY 4.0