14 For while peaceful silence wrapped all things, and night in her own swiftness was half spent, (WEB) 15 your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne, a stern warrior, into the midst of the doomed land, (WEB) 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)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:14–16
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