Wisdom 15:1

ENGBRENT: But thou, our God, art gracious and true, long-suffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

ENGLXXUP: But thou, our God, art gracious and true,Long-suffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

Wisdom 15:2

ENGBRENT: For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power: but we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine.

ENGLXXUP: For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power:But we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine.

Wisdom 15:3

ENGBRENT: For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.

ENGLXXUP: For to know thee is perfect righteousness:Yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.

Wisdom 15:4

ENGBRENT: For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter's fruitless labour;

ENGLXXUP: For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us,Nor an image spotted with diverse colors,The painter’s fruitless labor;

Wisdom 15:5

ENGBRENT: the sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.

ENGLXXUP: The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it,And so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.

Wisdom 15:6

ENGBRENT: Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.

ENGLXXUP: Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them,Are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.

Wisdom 15:7

ENGBRENT: For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service: yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.

ENGLXXUP: For the potter, tempering soft earth,Fashioneth every vessel with much labor for our service:Yea, of the same clay he makethBoth the vessels that serve for clean uses,And likewise also all such as serve to the contrary:But what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.

Wisdom 15:8

ENGBRENT: And employing his labours lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, even he which a little before was made of earth himself, and within a little while after returneth to the same, out of the which he was taken, when his life which was lent him shall be demanded.

ENGLXXUP: And employing his labors lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay,Even he which a little before was made of earth himself,And within a little while after returneth to the same, out of the which he was taken,When his life which was lent him shall be demanded.

Wisdom 15:9

ENGBRENT: Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short: but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.

ENGLXXUP: Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labor,Nor that his life is short:But striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths,And endeavoreth to do like the workers in brass,And counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.

Wisdom 15:10

ENGBRENT: His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth, and his life of less value than clay:

ENGLXXUP: His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth,And his life of less value than clay:

Wisdom 15:11

ENGBRENT: forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul, and breathed in a living spirit.

ENGLXXUP: Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker,And him that inspired into him an active soul,And breathed in a living spirit.

Wisdom 15:12

ENGBRENT: But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

ENGLXXUP: But they counted our life a pastime,And our time here a market for gain:For, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

Wisdom 15:13

ENGBRENT: For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images, knoweth himself to offend above all others.

ENGLXXUP: For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images,Knoweth himself to offend above all others.

Wisdom 15:14

ENGBRENT: And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.

ENGLXXUP: And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection,Are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.

Wisdom 15:15

ENGBRENT: For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle; and as for their feet, they are slow to go.

ENGLXXUP: For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods:Which neither have the use of eyes to see,Nor noses to draw breath,Nor ears to hear,Nor fingers of hands to handle;And as for their feet, they are slow to go.

Wisdom 15:16

ENGBRENT: For man made them, and he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them: but no man can make a god like unto himself.

ENGLXXUP: For man made them,And he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them:But no man can make a god like unto himself.

Wisdom 15:17

ENGBRENT: 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.

ENGLXXUP: 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.

Wisdom 15:18

ENGBRENT: Yea, they worshipped those beasts also that are most hateful: for being compared together, some are worse than others.

ENGLXXUP: Yea, they worshiped those beasts also that are most hateful:For being compared together, some are worse than others.

Wisdom 15:19

ENGBRENT: Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: but they went without the praise of God and his blessing.

ENGLXXUP: Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts:But they went without the praise of God and his blessing.

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