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Wisdom of Solomon 2:1

FOr the vngodlie say, as they falsely imagine with them selues, Our life is shorte and tedious: and in the death of a man there is no recouerie, nether was any knowen that hathe returned from the graue.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
For [the ungodly] said, reasoning with themselves, [but] not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
For they said within themselves, with unsound reasoning, “Our life is short and sorrowful. There is no healing when a man comes to his end, and no one was ever known who was released from Hades.
World English Bible