Wisdom 17:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 No fire had force enough to give light,
nor did the flaming brilliance of the stars
succeed in lighting up that gloomy night.(A)
6 But only intermittent, fearful fires
flashed through upon them;
And in their terror they thought beholding these was worse
than the times when that sight was no longer to be seen.(B)
7 And mockeries of their magic art[a] failed,
and there was a humiliating refutation of their vaunted shrewdness.(C)
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