Wisdom of Solomon 5
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours.
1Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
2These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation.
2When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
3Saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had some time in derision, and for a parable of reproach.
3And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:
4We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.
4We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour:
5Behold how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.
5How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
6Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.
6Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
7We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.
7We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
8What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?
8What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?
9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,
9All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by;
10And as a ship that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found, nor the path of its keel in the waters:
10And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;
11Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight; she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:
11Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
12Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air presently cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:
12Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:
13So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.
13Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
14Such things as these the sinners said in hell:
14For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
15For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.
15But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
16But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.
16Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
17Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.
17He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
18And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.
18He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.
19He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet.
19He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.
20He will take equity for an invincible shield:
20His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
21And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.
21Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
22Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.
22And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
23And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner.
23Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
24A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
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