World English Bible

Wisdom Of Solomon 7:2-10 World English Bible (WEB)

2. And in the womb of a mother was I moulded into flesh in the time of ten months, Being compacted in blood of the seed of man and pleasure that came with sleep.

3. And I also, when I was born, drew in the common air, And fell upon the kindred earth, Uttering, like all, for my first voice, the selfsame wail:

4. In swaddling clothes was I nursed, and with watchful cares.

5. For no king had any other first beginning;

6. But all men have one entrance into life, and a like departure.

7. For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and there came to me a spirit of wisdom.

8. I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, And riches I esteemed nothing in comparison of her.

9. Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem, Because all the gold of the earth in her presence is a little sand, And silver shall be accounted as clay before her.

10. Above health and comeliness I loved her, And I chose to have her rather than light, Because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.