Wisdom 17:15-17

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁵ were hurled sometime by dread of wonders against kind, sometime the souls failed by leading over; for why sudden dread and unhoped (for), came on them. [otherwhile they were stirred hither and thither, by the dread of the wonders, otherwhile the lives failed by over-leading; forsooth to them sudden and unhoped dread overcame.]

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;]