Other translations
New Catholic Bible
They did not exist at the beginning, and they will not last forever.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
for they did not exist from the beginning, nor will they last forever.
Good News Translation®
Idols have not always existed, nor will they exist forever.
Wycliffe Bible
Forsooth those were not at the beginning, neither those shall be without end. [Forsooth they were not from the beginning, nor shall be into without end.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
for neither have they existed from the beginning nor will they exist for ever.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
for they did not exist from the beginning, nor will they last forever.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
for they did not exist from the beginning, nor will they last for ever.
Common English Bible © 2011
In the beginning, idols didn’t exist, and they won’t last forever.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
For in the beginning they were not, nor can they ever continue;
Revised Standard Version
for neither have they existed from the beginning nor will they exist for ever.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
for they did not exist from the beginning, nor will they last for ever.