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Wisdom 10:16-18
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:16-18
New Catholic Bible
16 She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord[a]
and withstood dread kings with signs and wonders.
17 She gave the holy ones the recompense of their labors;[b]
she guided them on a wondrous way,
becoming a shelter for them by day
and a starry light throughout the night.
18 She brought them across the Red Sea
and led them through the deep waters.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:16 Servant of the Lord: i.e., Moses (see Ex 3:12; 4:12; 7:1). Dread kings: the author may be alluding generally to various kings who afflicted the Israelites, but he is thinking specifically of the Egyptian Pharaoh. A good deal of the saving activity, here attributed to Wisdom, had been assigned to God by Isaiah (Isa 63:11-14).
- Wisdom 10:17 Recompense of their labors: i.e., the riches and precious articles that the Hebrews carried off at the time of the Exodus (Ex 12:35-36).
