Other translations
New Catholic Bible
However, they maintain the fabric of this world, and their concern is for the experience of their craft.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
Good News Translation®
But the work they do holds this world together. When they do their work, it is the same as offering prayer.
Wycliffe Bible
But they shall confirm the creature (or the nature) of the world, and their prayer is the working of craft;
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
Common English Bible © 2011
But they support the world from its foundations, and their prayer is concerned with their craft. But those who devote themselves and think about the Law of the Most High are the exception.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Yet they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for exercise of their skill.
Revised Standard Version
But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!