Wisdom 2:2

ASV Byzantine Text

Because by mere chance were we born, And hereafter we shall be as though we had never been: Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, And while our heart beateth reason is a spark,

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A poeyoek kah thovaelnah loh a cun la n'om uh tih He lamlong tah aka noek pawt bangla n'ngai uh ni. Mamih hnarhong lamkah hil pataeng hmaikhum lamni a om.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quia ex nihilo nati sumus, et post hoc erimus tamquam non fuerimus. Quoniam fumus flatus est in naribus nostris, et sermo scintilla ad commovendum cor nostrum:

Brenton English Septuagint

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ja, bij toeval is het, dat wij ontstonden, En later zal het zijn, als hadden wij nooit bestaan; Want rook is de adem in onze neus, Ons denken een vonk, ontslagen aan ons hart.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For we are born of nothing, and after this we shall be as if we had not been: for the breath in our nostrils is smoke: and speech a spark to move our heart,

King James Version + Apocrypha

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

LXX2012 U. S. English

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

British English Septuagint 2012

For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:

Revised Version

Because by mere chance were we born, And hereafter we shall be as though we had never been: Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, And while our heart beateth reason is a spark,

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Parce que nous sommes nés par hasard, et après, nous serons comme si nous n'avions jamais été, parce que le souffle dans nos narines est de la fumée, et la raison est une étincelle allumée par le battement de notre cœur,

Spanish BLL

Porque nacimos por pura casualidad, y el día de mañana seremos como si nunca hubiéramos existido, porque el aire que respiramos es puro humo, y la razón es solo una chispa que se prende con el latido de nuestro corazón,

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque nacimos por mera casualidad, y en el más allá seremos como si nunca hubiésemos sido, porque el aliento en nuestras narices es humo, y la razón es una chispa encendida por el latir de nuestro corazón,

Croatian Bible

Mi smo djeca pukog slučaja i kasnije ćemo biti kao da nikad nismo ni bili, jer samo je dim ono čime dišu naše nosnice, a misao je tek iskra od kucaja našega srca.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For we are born at all adventure: And we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: For the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, And a little spark in the moving of our heart:

World English Bible (Catholic)

Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,

World English Bible Classic

Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,

World English Bible Updated

Because we were born by mere chance, and hereafter we will be as though we had never been, because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι αὐτοσχεδίως ἐγεννήθημεν, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐσόμεθα ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρξαντες· ὅτι καπνὸς ἡ πνοὴ ἐν ρισὶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ὁ λόγος σπινθὴρ ἐν κινήσει καρδίας ἡμῶν,

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι αὐτοσχεδίως ἐγεννήθημεν, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐσόμεθα ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρξαντες, ὅτι καπνὸς ἡ πνοὴ ἐν ῥισὶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ὁ λόγος σπινθὴρ ἐν κινήσει καρδίας ἡμῶν,

Mashi Bible

“Kahanga rhwàburhîrwe, rhwazinda erhi rhuli nka abarhahali. Omûka rhuyîsa gunali mugî kwône, n’enkengêro zîrhu, enali nkunyakunye ecîbalalira erhi omurhima gurhinda”;

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