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Wisdom 17:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Whether there was a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches, or a measured fall of water running violently, "
Wisdom 17:18
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16 So then whoever it might be, sinking down in his place, was kept captive, shut up in that prison which was not barred with iron;
17 for whether he was a farmer, or a shepherd, or a laborer whose toils were in the wilderness, he was overtaken, and endured that inescapable sentence; for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
18 Whether there was a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches, or a measured fall of water running violently,
19 or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down, or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen, or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring, or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains, all these things paralyzed them with terror.
20 For the whole world was illuminated with clear light, and was occupied with unhindered works,
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Wisdom 17:1
"For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret; therefore undisciplined souls went astray."
Wisdom 17:2
"For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, kept close beneath their roofs, lay exiled from the eternal providence."
Wisdom 17:3
"For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions."
Wisdom 17:4
"For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears, but terrifying sounds rang around them, and dismal phantoms appeared with unsmiling faces."
Wisdom 17:5
"And no power of fire prevailed to give light, neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night;"
Wisdom 17:6
"but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear. In terror, they considered the things which they saw to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze."
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