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Wisdom 5:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Those things all passed away as a shadow, like a rumor that runs by, "
Wisdom 5:9
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7 We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction. We traveled through trackless deserts, but we didn’t know the Lord’s way.
8 What did our arrogance profit us? What good have riches and boasting brought us?
9 Those things all passed away as a shadow, like a rumor that runs by,
10 like a ship passing through the billowy water, which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found, no pathway of its keel in the waves.
11 Or it is like when a bird flies through the air, no evidence of its passage is found, but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions, and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through. Afterwards no sign of its coming remains.
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Wisdom 5:1
"Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness before the face of those who afflicted him, and those who make his labors of no account."
Wisdom 5:2
"When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear, and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation."
Wisdom 5:3
"They will speak among themselves repenting, and for distress of spirit they will groan, “This was he whom we used to hold in derision, as a parable of reproach."
Wisdom 5:4
"We fools considered his life madness, and his end without honor."
Wisdom 5:5
"How was he counted among sons of God? How is his lot among saints?"
Wisdom 5:6
"Truly we went astray from the way of truth. The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us. The sun didn’t rise for us."
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