4 Our name will be forgotten in time. No one will remember our works. Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud, and will be scattered as is a mist, when it is chased by the rays of the sun, and overcome by its heat. (WEB) 5 For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and our end doesn’t retreat, because it is securely sealed, and no one turns it back. (WEB) 6 “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist. Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:4–6
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