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Read›Wisdom of Solomon›Chapter 17
In 4 translations
- KJV
- No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
- WEB
- And no power of fire prevailed to give light, neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night;
- DRC
- And no power of fire could give them light, neither could the bright flames of the stars enlighten that horrible night.
- LXXE
- No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ πυρὸς μὲν οὐδεμία βία κατίσχυε φωτίζειν, οὔτε ἄστρων ἔκλαμπροι φλόγες καταυγάζειν ὑπέμενον τὴν στυγνὴν ἐκείνην νύκτα.