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Wisdom 2:21-23
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 2:21-23
New Catholic Bible
The Horrible Face of Death[a]
21 Such was their reasoning, but they were wrong,
for their own malice blinded them.
22 They did not discern the hidden plans of God,
or hope for the recompense of holiness
or recognize the reward destined for innocent souls.
23 For God created us to be immortal
and formed us in the image of his own nature.[b]
Footnotes
- Wisdom 2:21 A mysterious adversary (in the juridic sense: “accuser”) for human beings—called here the devil (diabolos: the word that, in the Septuagint, translates the Hebrew for Satan; see Job 1:6)—is at work; for the first time, he is presented as the tempter of human beings.
- Wisdom 2:23 Nature: other translations: “eternity” or “likeness.”
