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Read›Wisdom of Solomon›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
- WEB
- It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men.
- DRC
- O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men.
- LXXE
- Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κρείσσων ἀτεκνία μετὰ ἀρετῆς, ἀθανασία γάρ ἐστιν ἐν μνήμῃ αὐτῆς, ὅτι καὶ παρὰ Θεῷ γινώσκεται καὶ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις·