Wisdom 18:20
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Those who did what is right were also touched by a test of death when many fell in the desert. But that wrath didn’t last long,
But the just also were afterwards touched by an assault of death, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness: but thy wrath did not long continue.
Death also came to the righteous nation, for an epidemic struck many of them while they were in the desert, but your anger did not last long.
The trial of death touched even the righteous, and in the desert a plague struck the multitude; Yet not for long did the anger last.
Even the righteous were touched by the experience of death when large numbers of them were struck down by a plague in the wilderness. But the wrath did not endure for long.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
The experience of death touched also the righteous, and a plague came upon the multitude in the desert, but the wrath did not long continue.
Forsooth (the) temptation of death, that is, punishment by death, touched then also just men, and moving (al)together of (the) multitude was made in (the) desert; but thine ire dwelled not long. [Then forsooth touched and rightwise men the temptation of death, and there is made of the multitude a stirring in (the) wilderness; but not long abode still thy wrath.]
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