Holy Scripture

Wisdom of Solomon 17:21

A church father on this verse
“But upon them alone, namely the Egyptians, there was laid, namely by God, a heavy night, because darker than usual and longer: Job thirty-seven: "For we are wrapped in darkness." A night, I say, being an image, that is, an express representation, of the darkness, namely eternal; which namely image of darkness, that is…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, Chapter 17

Source: Septuagint

Original

21Over them only was spread a heavy night, An image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: But yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

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19Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, Or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, Or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, Or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains: These things made them to swoon for fear.

20For the whole world shined with clear light, And none were hindered in their labor:

— Wisdom of Solomon 17:21 —

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