For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas [he] lived once, but they never.
KJV
Wisdom of Solomon 15:17
For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
Parallel Translations
For being mortal, he works a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worships: whereas he lived once, but they never.
But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands; for he is better than the objects of his worship, since he indeed had life, but they never did.
For seing he is but mortal him self, it is but mortal that he maketh with vnrighteous hands: he him self is better then thei whome he worshippeth: for he liued, but they neuer liued.