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Wisdom of Solomon 17:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Wisdom of Solomon 17:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 For when lawless people supposed that they held the holy nation in their power,
they themselves lay as captives of darkness and prisoners of long night,
shut in under their roofs, exiles from eternal providence.(A)
3 For thinking that in their secret sins they were unobserved
behind a dark curtain of forgetfulness,
they were scattered, terribly[a] alarmed
and appalled by specters.(B)
4 For not even the inner chamber that held them protected them from fear,
but terrifying sounds rang out around them,
and dismal phantoms with gloomy faces appeared.(C)
Footnotes
- 17.3 Other ancient authorities read unobserved, they were darkened behind a dark curtain of forgetfulness, terribly
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