Wisdom 17:16-18

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁶ Afterward if any of them had fell down, he was kept closed in (a) prison, without iron (bars); [Thereafter if any of them had fallen down, he was kept in prison, without iron, reclosed;]

¹⁷ for if any churl was, either shepherd, either a workman of (the) fields, and was before-occupied, he suffered need that might not be escaped. For why all men were bound together by one chain of darknesses; [if forsooth a churl who were, or a shepherd, or a worker of fields, were before-occupied, unescapable, or that might not be fled, need he suffered. With one forsooth chain of darknesses all they were bound together;]

¹⁸ either a wind hissing, either (a) sweet sound of birds betwixt the thick boughs of trees, either the fierceness of water running down greatly, [or puffing wind, or sweet sound of birds among thick branches of trees, or strength of full much running down water,]