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14 And so, throughout that night, which was powerless over them,[a]
    and which descended upon them from the depths of the powerless netherworld,
    they all experienced the same sleep—
15 now tormented by monstrous apparitions,
    now incapacitated by their souls’ surrender—
    for sudden and unlooked-for fear had overcome them.
16 And so, whoever was there fell down
    and was confined in a prison that lacked bars.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom 17:14 Powerless over them: the netherworld has no power against God or those who do not submit to its darkness (see Wis 1:14ff). It is a place of the silent and meek (Pss 88:12; 115:17; Isa 14:9; 38:18-19).