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Wisdom 15:9

23 translations

ASV Byzantine Text

Howbeit he hath anxious care, Not because his powers must fail, Nor because his span of life is short; But he matcheth himself against goldsmiths and silversmiths, And he imitateth molders in brass, And esteemeth it glory that he moldeth counterfeits.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Bibikung rhoek loh hlangduek loh duek a paan tih, hingnah khaw a toica mai ni tite poek pawh. Tedae sui neh cak bibi la tlungmu tih, rhohum bibi ni a mangtuk thil. mueirhol pathen a thai te thangpomnah la a tae uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Sed cura est illi non quia laboraturus est, nec quoniam brevis illi vita est: sed concertatur aurificibus et argentariis; sed et ærarios imitatur, et gloriam præfert, quoniam res supervacuas fingit.

Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar hij denkt er niet aan, dat hij eens zal verdwijnen, En dat hij een kortstondig leven heeft. Neen, hij wil zich met goud- en zilversmeden meten, Bootst den koperslager na, En gaat er nog groot op, dat hij namaak levert.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But his care is, not that he shall labour, nor that his life is short, but he striveth with the goldsmiths and silversmiths: and he endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it a glory to make vain things.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labor, nor that his life is short: but strives to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavors to do like the workers in brass, and counts it his glory to make counterfeit things.

British English Septuagint 2012

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

Revised Version

Howbeit he hath anxious care, Not because his powers must fail, Nor because his span of life is short; But he matcheth himself against goldsmiths and silversmiths, And he imitateth moulders in brass, And esteemeth it glory that he mouldeth counterfeits.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Cependant, il a des soins anxieux, pas parce que ses pouvoirs doivent échouer, ni parce que sa durée de vie est courte ; Mais il se compare aux orfèvres et aux orfèvres, et il imite les mouleurs dans laiton, et trouve génial qu'il façonne des dieux contrefaits.

Spanish BLL

Y todavía el terco se pone bien ansioso, no porque le vayan a faltar las fuerzas, ni porque sabe que va a vivir poquito tiempo; Sino que se anda comparando con los que trabajan el oro y la plata, y le copia a los que trabajan el bronce , y siente muy bonito andar haciendo dioses piratas.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Sin embargo, tiene una preocupación ansiosa, no porque sus fuerzas deban fallar, ni porque su lapso de vida sea corto; Sino que se compara con los orfebres y plateros, e imita a los moldeadores en latón , y considera grandioso moldear dioses falsos.

Croatian Bible

Ne mari on što će brzo umrijeti ni što mu je život kratkovjek, nego se natječe sa zlatarima i srebrnarima i nasljeduje mjedare, ponosan što pravi krivotvorine.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in brass, and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in brass, and considers it great that he moulds counterfeit gods.

World English Bible Classic

However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in brass, and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods.

World English Bible Updated

However he has anxious care, not because his powers must fail, nor because his span of life is short; But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths, and he imitates molders in brass, and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἀλλ᾿ ἔστιν αὐτῷ φροντὶς οὐχ ὅτι μέλλει κάμνειν, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι βραχυτελῆ βίον ἔχει, ἀλλ᾿ ἀντερείδεται μέν χρυσουργοῖς καὶ ἀργυροχόοις, χαλκοπλάστας τε μιμεῖται καὶ δόξαν ἡγεῖται ὅτι κίβδηλα πλάσσει.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἀλλʼ ἔστιν αὐτῷ φροντὶς οὐχ ὅτι μέλλει κάμνειν, οὐδʼ ὅτι βραχυτελῆ βίον ἔχει, ἀλλʼ ἀντερείδεται μὲν χρυσουργοῖς καὶ ἀργυροχόοις, χαλκοπλάστας τε μιμεῖται, καὶ δόξαν ἡγεῖται ὅτι κίβδηλα πλάσσει.

Mashi Bible

Ali aho, arhashibiriri olufù lwâge, arhanamanyiri oku ensiku zâge ziri nyofi; cikwône yêhe oku batuzi b’amasholo n’amarhale acîgerera, ayige abatuzi b’ecûma, alongeze n’irenge omu kubumba ebirhali byo.

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