Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Great windstorms will blow them away like straw. Lawlessness will be the ruin of the whole world. Evil actions will cause governments to fall. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner. Wisdom 5:21And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise. Wisdom 5:22 Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark. Wisdom 5:24 A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. Wisdom 6:1 Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. Context Wisdom 5…22Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark. 23And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner. 24A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.… Cross References Wisdom 5:21 And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise. Wisdom 5:22 Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark. Wisdom 5:24 A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty. Wisdom 6:1 Wisdom is better than strength: and a wise man is better than a strong man. |
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