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Wisdom 10:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:15-17
New Catholic Bible
The Wonders of the Exodus[a]
15 It was Wisdom who delivered a holy people and blameless race
from a nation of oppressors.
16 She entered the soul of a servant of the Lord[b]
and withstood dread kings with signs and wonders.
17 She gave the holy ones the recompense of their labors;[c]
she guided them on a wondrous way,
becoming a shelter for them by day
and a starry light throughout the night.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:15 To provide the most powerful demonstration of the superiority of Israel, the author begins his use of antitheses, to which he will return in chapter 16. This first antithesis deals with the theme of the waters, which turned into the plague of blood for the Egyptians (Ex 7:14-24) but into refreshment for the Israelites (Ex 17:3-6).
- 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).
