Wisdom of Solomon 4:1
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
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.
Greek · Brenton
Κρείσσων ἀτεκνία μετὰ ἀρετῆς, ἀθανασία γάρ ἐστιν ἐν μνήμῃ αὐτῆς, ὅτι καὶ παρὰ Θεῷ γινώσκεται καὶ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις·