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Wisdom of Solomon 16:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Wisdom of Solomon 16:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 for the ungodly, refusing to know you,
were flogged by the strength of your arm,
pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms
and utterly consumed by fire.(A)
17 For—most incredible of all—in water, which quenches all things,
the fire had still greater effect,
for the universe defends the righteous.(B)
18 At one time the flame was restrained,
so that it might not consume the creatures sent against the ungodly,
but that seeing this they might know
that they were being pursued by the judgment of God,(C)
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