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Read›Wisdom of Solomon›Chapter 13
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
- WEB
- For if they had power to know so much, that they should be able to explore the world, how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner?
- DRC
- For if they were able to know so much as to make a judgment of the world: how did they not more easily find out the Lord thereof?
- LXXE
- For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Εἰ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι, ἵνα δύνωνται στοχάσασθαι τὸν αἰῶνα, τὸν τούτων δεσπότην πῶς τάχιον οὐχ εὗρον;