Wisdom 2:5

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, And our end retreateth not; Because it is fast sealed, and none turneth it back.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passes away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man comes again.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passes away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man comes again.

Revised Version ☆

For our alloted time is the passing of a shadow, And our end retreateth not; Because it is fast sealed, and none turneth it back.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; And after our end there is no returning: For it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Mamih kah a tue aitlaeng he khokhawn bangla la khum tih Mamih duemnah lamloh maelnah khaw om pawh.

Croatian Bible ☆

Jer život naš kao sjena odmiče, iz naše smrti nema povratka, zapečaćeno je i nitko se ne vraća.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ja, ons leven is een vluchtige schaduw, En ons einde kan niet worden herroepen; Want het wordt verzegeld, en niemand keert terug.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Car le temps qui nous est imparti n'est que le passage d'une ombre, et notre extrémité ne recule pas, parce qu'il est solidement scellé, et personne ne le retourne.

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

σκιᾶς γὰρ πάροδος ὁ βίος ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀναποδισμὸς τῆς τελευτῆς ἡμῶν, ὅτι κατεσφραγίσθη, καὶ οὐδείς ἀναστρέφει.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Σκιᾶς γὰρ πάροδος ὁ βίος ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀναποδισμὸς τῆς τελευτῆς ἡμῶν, ὅτι κατεσφραγίσθη, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναστρέφει.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Umbræ enim transitus est tempus nostrum, et non est reversio finis nostri: quoniam consignata est, et nemo revertitur.

Mashi Bible ☆

“Nêci, ensiku zîrhu ziri kugera kwa cizunguzungu, olufù lurhashubira enyuma, ifundo lyàmafundikwa: ntâye ogaluka”.

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Spanish BLL ☆

Porque el tiempo que nos toca es como una sombra que pasa, y nuestro final no se puede atrasar, porque ya está marcado, y nadie le puede dar reversa.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Pues nuestro tiempo asignado es el paso de una sombra, y nuestro fin no retrocede, porque está firmemente sellado, y nadie lo hace retroceder.