Simple verse list for WIS 17:2

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OET (OET-RV) Because when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, ⇔ they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, ⇔ kept close beneath their roofs, ⇔ lay exiled from the eternal providence.

OET-LV ⟦Ὑπειληφότες⟧ for ⟦καταδυναστεύειν⟧ Gentile_nation holy ⟦ἄνομοι⟧, prisoner darkness and ⟦μακρᾶς⟧ ⟦πεδῆται⟧ night, ⟦κατακλεισθέντες⟧ ⟦ὀρόφοις⟧, ⟦φυγάδες⟧ the/this/who eternal foresight ⟦ἔκειντο⟧.

WEBBE For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, ⇔ they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, ⇔ kept close beneath their roofs, ⇔ lay exiled from the eternal providence.

DRA For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.

RV For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power, ⇔ They, themselves, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night, ⇔ Close kept beneath their roofs, ⇔ Lay exiled from the eternal providence.

KJB-1769 For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.

KJB-1611 For when vnrighteous men thought to oppresse the holy nation: they being shut vp [fn]in their houses, the prisoners of darkenesse, and fettered with the bondes of a long night, lay [there] [fn]exiled from the eternall prouidence.
(For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation: they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.)

Wycl For the while wickid men holden for stidfast, that thei moun be lordis of hooli nacioun, thei weren feterid with boondis of derknessis, and of long niyt, and weren closid vndur rooues; and thei fugityues weren suget to euerlastinge puruyaunce.
(For the while wicked men held for steadfast, that they may/can be lords of holy nation, they were fettered with bonds of darkness, and of long night, and were closed under roofs; and they fugitives were subject to everlasting providence.)

BrLXX Ὑπειληφότες γὰρ καταδυναστεύειν ἔθνος ἅγιον ἄνομοι, δέσμιοι σκότους καὶ μακρᾶς πεδῆται νυκτὸς, κατακλεισθέντες ὀρόφοις, φυγάδες τῆς αἰωνίου προνοίας ἔκειντο.

BrTr For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.