-
Wisdom 2
- 1 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.
- 2 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:
- 3 Which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,
- 4 And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.
- 5 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.
- 6 Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
- 7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
- 8 Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered:
- 9 Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
- 10 Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
- 11 Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
- 12 Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.
- 13 He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.
- 14 He was made to reprove our thoughts.
- 15 He is grievous unto us even to behold: for his life is not like other men’s, his ways are of another fashion.
- 16 We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.
- 17 Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.
- 18 For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.
- 19 Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.
- 20 Let us condemn him with a shameful death: for by his own saying he shall be respected.
- 21 Such things they did imagine, and were deceived: for their own wickedness hath blinded them.
- 22 As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.
- 23 For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.
- 24 Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
-
-
King James Version (kjv)
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Basque
- Breton
- Calo
- Chamorro
- Cherokee
- Chinese
- Coptic
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dari
- Dutch
-
English
American King James Version (akjv) American Standard Version (asv) Basic English Bible (basicenglish) Douay Rheims (douayrheims) John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395) (wycliffe) King James Version (kjv) King James Version (1769) with Strongs Numbers and Morphology and CatchWords, including Apocrypha (without glosses) (kjva) Webster's Bible (wb) Weymouth NT (weymouth) William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530) (tyndale) World English Bible (web) Young's Literal Translation (ylt)
- English and Klingon.
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Gothic
- Greek
- Greek Modern
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Malagasy
- Malayalam
- Manx Gaelic
- Maori
- Mongolian
- Myanmar Burmse
- Ndebele
- Norwegian bokmal
- Norwegian nynorsk
- Pohnpeian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Potawatomi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Scottish Gaelic
- Serbian
- Shona
- Slavonic Elizabeth
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Syriac
- Tagalog
- Tausug
- Thai
- Tok Pisin
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Uma
- Vietnamese
-
-
Active Persistent Session:
To use a different persistent session key, simply add it above, and click the button below.
Please Keep Your Favourite Verse Private
Your persistent session key and favourite verse provide you exclusive access to edit your . Think of your persistent session key as a username and your favourite verse as a password. Therefore, ensure your favourite verse is kept private.
The persistent session key allows viewing, while editing is only possible when the correct favourite verse is provided.
-
Loading...
-
Basic Hash Usage Explained
At getBible, we've established a robust system to keep our API synchronized with the Crosswire project's modules. Let me explain how this integration works in simple terms.
We source our Bible text directly from the Crosswire modules. To monitor any updates, we generate "hash values" for each chapter, book, and translation. These hash values serve as unique identifiers that change only when the underlying content changes, thereby ensuring a tight integration between getBible and the Crosswire modules.
Every month, an automated process runs for approximately three hours. During this window, we fetch the latest Bible text from the Crosswire modules. Subsequently, we compare the new hash values and the text with the previous ones. Any detected changes trigger updates to both our official getBible hash repository and the Bible API for all affected translations. This system has been operating seamlessly for several years.
Once the updates are complete, any application utilizing our Bible API should monitor the hash values at the chapter, book, or translation level. Spotting a change in these values indicates that they should update their respective systems.
Hash values can change due to various reasons, including textual corrections like adding omitted verses, rectifying spelling errors, or addressing any discrepancies flagged by the publishers maintaining the modules at Crosswire.
The Crosswire initiative, also known as the SWORD Project, is the "source of truth" for getBible. Any modifications in the Crosswire modules get reflected in our API within days, ensuring our users access the most precise and current Bible text. We pledge to uphold this standard as long as getBible exists and our build scripts remain operational.
We're united in our mission to preserve the integrity and authenticity of the Bible text. If you have questions or require additional information, please use our support system. We're here to assist and will respond promptly.
Thank you for your understanding and for being an integral part of the getBible community.
Favourite Verse
You should select one of your favourite verses.
This verse in combination with your session key will be used to authenticate you in the future.
This is currently the active session key.
Should you have another session key from a previous session.
You can add it here to load your previous session.