Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX2012

Wisdom of Solomon 4:1

Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
It is better to be childless with virtue, for immortality is in the memory of virtue, because it is recognized both before God and before men.
World English Bible