Wisdom 5:23
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.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et a petrosa ira plenæ mittentur grandines ; excandescet in illos aqua maris, et flumina concurrent duriter.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Wisdom 5:22
- καὶ ἐκ πετροβόλου θυμοῦ πλήρεις ῥιφήσονται χάλαζαι· ἀγανακτήσει κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ὕδωρ θαλάσσης, ποταμοὶ δὲ συνκλύσουσιν ἀποτόμως·
Haydock's commentary
Casting. He alludes to the ballista, used to throw stones, Josue x. 11. These comparisons shew the power of God over all nature. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.