Wisdom 5:21
Good News Translation
Bolts of lightning will strike right on target, as if the Lord had made a bow out of the clouds and was shooting arrows.

New Revised Standard Version
Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim, and will leap from the clouds to the target, as from a well-drawn bow,

Contemporary English Version
Arrows of lightning will leap from behind the clouds and never miss their target.

New American Bible
and sharpen his sudden anger for a sword. The universe will war with him against the foolhardy;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.

Wisdom 5:19
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:

Wisdom 5:20
He will take equity for an invincible shield:

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 5:23
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.

Context
Wisdom 5
20He will take equity for an invincible shield: 21And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise. 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.…
Cross References
Wisdom 5:19
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet:

Wisdom 5:20
He will take equity for an invincible shield:

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 5:23
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.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 5:20
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