New American Bible, Revised Edition

Wisdom 7:1-5 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. I too am a mortal, the same as all the rest,and a descendant of the first one formed of earth.And in my mother’s womb I was molded into flesh

2. in a ten-month period—body and blood,from the seed of a man, and the pleasure that accompanies marriage.

3. And I too, when born, inhaled the common air,and fell upon the kindred earth;wailing, I uttered that first sound common to all.

4. In swaddling clothes and with constant care I was nurtured.

5. For no king has any different origin or birth;