Wisdom of Solomon 15:12

LXX_WH⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² ἀλλ' ἐλογίσαντο παίγνιον εἶναι τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν καὶ τὸν βίον πανηγυρισμὸν ἐπικερδῆ δεῖν γάρ φησιν ὅθεν δή κἂν ἐκ κακοῦ πορίζειν

Clementine_Vulgate⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Sed et æstimaverunt ludum esse vitam nostram, et conversationem vitæ compositam ad lucrum, et oportere undecumque etiam ex malo acquirere.

Wycliffe⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But thei gessiden fleischli delityng to be oure lijf, and the conuersacioun of lijf to be maad to wynnyng, and that it bihoueth to gete on ech side, yhe, of yuel.

Geneva⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But they count our life to be but a pastime, and our conuersation as a market, where there is gaine: for they say we ought to be getting on euery side, though it be by euill meanes.

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But they counted our lyfe but a pastime, and [our] conuersation to be but a market for gayne, and that men should euery way be getting, yea though it were by euyll meanes.

DouayRheims⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² Yea and they have counted our life a pastime, and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil.

KJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But he accounted our [very] life to be a plaything, And our lifetime a gainful fair; For, saith he, one must get gain whence one can, though it be by evil.

WEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But he accounted our life to be a game, and our lifetime a festival for profit; for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.

LXX2012⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.