Wisdom 18:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 And all alike by one common form of death
had countless dead;
For the living were not even sufficient for the burial,
since at a single instant their most valued offspring had been destroyed.(A)
13 For though they disbelieved at every turn on account of sorceries,
at the destruction of the firstborn they acknowledged that this people[a] was God’s son.(B)
14 [b]For when peaceful stillness encompassed everything
and the night in its swift course was half spent,
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