Wisdom 12:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 For by the things through which they suffered distress,
being tortured by the very things they deemed gods,
They saw and recognized the true God whom formerly they had refused to know;
with this, their final condemnation[a] came upon them.(A)
Footnotes
- 12:27 Condemnation: the death of Egyptian firstborn and the destruction of their army in the sea.
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