Wisdom 17:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ The night itself was powerless, rising up from the darkest corners of a hell that didn’t really exist. As they slept the same sleep, ¹⁵ monsters from their own imaginations rose up and hunted them down. They were paralyzed with fear as their spirits failed them. A sudden and unexpected fear drenched their whole being. ¹⁶ All who fell into that kind of place became like prisoners, locked up in cells without metal bars.