Wisdom of Solomon 16:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁵ To escape from your hand is impossible,
¹⁶ for the ungodly, refusing to know you,
were flogged by the strength of your arm,
pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms
and utterly consumed by fire.^(A)
17 For—most incredible of all—in water, which quenches all things,
the fire had still greater effect,
for the universe defends the righteous.^(B)