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.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Croatian Bible

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

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.

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.

Mashi Bible

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

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