Wisdom 5:23
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.

New Revised Standard Version
a mighty wind will rise against them, and like a tempest it will winnow them away. Lawlessness will lay waste the whole earth, and evildoing will overturn the thrones of rulers.

Contemporary English Version
Then a mighty windstorm will sweep them away-- because lawlessness and evil bring ruin to the whole earth and to every kingdom.

New American Bible
and as from a sling, wrathful hailstones shall be hurled. The waters of the sea will be enraged and flooding rivers will overwhelm them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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 5:21
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.

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.



(Wisd. of Sol. Solomon W Wis)

Wisdom 5:22
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