Wisdom of Solomon

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The Wisdome of Solomon. Chapter 17

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Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 17 Original 1611 Bible Scan

CHAP. XVII.

1 Why the Egyptians were punished with darkenesse. 4 The terrours of that darknes. 12 The terrours of an ill conscience.

1For great are thy Iudgements, and cannot be expressed: therefore vnnourtured soules haue erred.1

2For when vnrighteous men thought to oppresse the holy nation: they being shut vp in their houses, the prisoners of darkenesse, and fettered with the bondes of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternall prouidence.2

3For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sinnes, they were scattered vnder a darke vaile of forgetfulnesse, being horribly astonished, and troubled with (strange) apparitions.3

4For neither might the corner that helde them keepe them from feare: but noises (as of waters) falling downe, sounded about them, and sadde visions appeared vnto them with heauie countenances.

5No power of the fire might giue them light: neither could the bright flames of the starres endure to lighten that horrible night.

6Onely there appeared vnto them a fire kindled of it selfe, very dreadfull: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse then the sight they saw not.

7As for the illusions of arte Magicke, they were put downe, and their vaunting in wisedome was reprooued with disgrace.7

8For they that promised to driue away terrours, and troubles from a sicke soule, were sicke themselues of feare worthy to be laughed at.

9For though no terrible thing did feare them: yet being skared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

10They died for feare, denying that they saw the ayre, which could of no side be auoided.10

11For wickednesse condemned by her owne witnesse, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, alwayes forecasteth grieuous things.

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12For feare is nothing else, but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.

13And the expectation from within being lesse, counteth the ignorance more then the cause which bringeth the torment.

14But they sleeping the same sleepe that night which was indeed intolerable, and which came vpon them out of the bottomes of ineuitable hell:14

15Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a suddaine feare and not looked for, came vpon them.

16So then, whosoeuer there fell downe, was straitly kept, shut vp in a prison without yron barres.

17For whether hee were husbandman, or shepheard, or a labourer in the field, he was ouertaken, and endured that necessitie, which could not be auoided: for they were all bound with one chaine of darkenesse.17

18Whether it were a whistling winde, or a melodious noise of birdes among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently:

19Or a terrible sound of stones cast downe, or a running that could not be seene of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most sauage wilde beasts, or a rebounding Eccho from the hollow mountaines: these things made them to swoone for feare.19

20For the whole world shined with cleare light, and none were hindered in their labour.

21Ouer them onely was spread an heauie night, an image of that darkenesse which should afterwards receiue them: but yet were they vnto themselues more grieuous then the darkenesse.



Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 17

1 Or, soules that will not be reformed.
2 Or, vnder their roofes. , Or, fugitiues.
3 Or, in. , Or, sights.
7 Exo.7.12. and 8.7,19.
10 Or refusing to looke vpon.
14 Or, wherein they could doe nothing.
17 Or, desert.
19 Or, hideous.


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