Wisdom 18:24
Good News Translation
He wore a long robe decorated with symbols of the universe. In honor of our ancestors he wore four rows of engraved stones on his chest, and your own majesty was represented by the ornament on his turban.

New Revised Standard Version
For on his long robe the whole world was depicted, and the glories of the ancestors were engraved on the four rows of stones, and your majesty was on the diadem upon his head.

Contemporary English Version
And his long robe symbolized the entire universe, while the four rows of precious stones on his breastpiece stood for our glorious ancestors, and his turban represented you, our majestic God.

New American Bible
For on his full-length robe was the whole world, and ancestral glories were carved on the four rows of stones, and your grandeur was on the crown upon his head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.

Wisdom 18:22
And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oath and covenant made with the fathers.

Wisdom 18:23
For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.

Wisdom 18:26
And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.

Wisdom 19:1
But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do:

Context
Wisdom 18
23For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living. 24For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones, the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head. 26And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.…
Cross References
Wisdom 18:22
And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oath and covenant made with the fathers.

Wisdom 18:23
For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.

Wisdom 18:26
And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.

Wisdom 19:1
But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do:



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 18:23
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