Other translations
New Catholic Bible
They entered the world as a result of human vanity, and therefore a speedy demise has been planned for them.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For through human vanity they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
Good News Translation®
It was human pride that brought them into the world, and that is why a quick end has been planned for them.
Wycliffe Bible
For why the voidness of men found (or brought) these idols into the world; and therefore the end of those is (or shall be) found short(ly) (or soon). [The overvoidness forsooth of men these things found into the roundness of earths; and therefore short the end of them is found.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For through the vanity of men they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
For through human vanity they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
For through human vanity they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
Common English Bible © 2011
They came into the world through the empty-headed imaginings of humans. Therefore, they’ll come to a quick end.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
for from human emptiness they came into the world, and therefore a sudden end is devised for them.
Revised Standard Version
For through the vanity of men they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
For through human vanity they entered the world, and therefore their speedy end has been planned.