Wisdom 11:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented.

¹⁸ For thy almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,

¹⁹ Or unknown beasts of a new kind, full of rage: either breathing out a fiery vapour, or sending forth a stinking smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out of their eyes: