Wisdom of Solomon

Wisdom of Solomon 17:2

ὑπειληφότες γὰρ καταδυναστεύειν ἔθνος ἅγιον ἄνομοι, δέσμιοι σκότους καὶ μακρᾶς πεδῆται νυκτὸς κατακλεισθέντες ὀρόφοις, φυγάδες τῆς αἰωνίου προνοίας ἔκειντο.
King James Version (KJV)

For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.

Modern English

When lawless people thought to oppress your holy nation, they themselves lay shut up in their houses, prisoners of darkness, bound by the chains of a long night, cut off from your eternal providence.

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