Wisdom 18:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ Dead bodies were already lying in piles, but he stepped in to hold your anger back and to keep it from harming those who were left alive. ²⁴ He wore a long robe decorated with symbols of the universe. In honor of our ancestors he wore four rows of engraved stones on his chest, and your own majesty was represented by the ornament on his turban. ²⁵ The Angel of Death was afraid of these things, and gave up. It was only a slight experience of your wrath, but it was enough.