Wisdom 17:10

10 Trembling, they were dying with fright, shutting their eyes even against the empty air, as if they could thus avoid what was scaring them.

Wisdom 17:10 In-Context

8 Those who had thought they could dispel fears and free sick beings from terror became sick themselves with a laughable case of nerves.

9 Even when there was nothing around to frighten them, they were scared by the simple sounds of animals' movements and hissing serpents.

10 Trembling, they were dying with fright, shutting their eyes even against the empty air, as if they could thus avoid what was scaring them.

11 Wickedness is cowardly, condemned by its own witness. Distressed by conscience, the wicked person thinks everything is worse than it is.

12 Fear betrays our ability to help ourselves by thinking clearly.