18 Whether there was a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches, or a measured fall of water running violently, (WEB) 19 or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down, or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen, or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring, or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains, all these things paralyzed them with terror. (WEB) 20 For the whole world was illuminated with clear light, and was occupied with unhindered works, (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 17:18–20
Semantically similar passages
Wisdom of Solomon 17:8–10
8 For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul, these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness. (WEB) 9 For even if no troubling thing frighted them, yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents, (WEB) 10 they perished trembling in… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:16–18
16 bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment, and standing, it filled all things with death, and while it touched the sky it stood upon the earth. (WEB) 17 Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them, and unexpected fears came upon them. (WEB) 18 And eac… (WEB)
2 Enoch 1:1–2
1a THERE was a wise man, a great artificer, and the Lord conceived love for him and received him, that he should behold the uppermost dwellings and be an eye-witness of the wise and great and inconceivable and immutable realm of God Almighty, of the very wonderf… (2EN)
Psalms 77:17–19
17 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. 18 Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. 19 Your path led through the sea, Your way through the might…
Wisdom of Solomon 17:3–5
3 For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness, stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions. (WEB) 4 For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them… (WEB) 5 … (WEB)
Revelation 16:17–19
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!” 18 And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occu…
3 Maccabees 4:2–4
2 The Jews suffered great throes of sorrow and wept much, while their hearts, all things around being lamentable, were set on fire as they bewailed the sudden destruction which was decreed against them. (WEB) 3 What home, or city, or any inhabited place, or what streets… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 11:17–19
17 For your all-powerful hand that created the world out of formless matter didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions, (WEB) 18 or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage, either breathing out a blast of fiery breath, or belching o… (WEB)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources