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|And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
|And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
|And a great hail fell out of the sky onto men. Every hailstone weighed roughtly as much as a backpack-load. Men blasphemed God and blamed Him for the plague of the hail, because this plague was very, very great.
|And a great hail fell out of the sky onto men. Every hailstone weighed roughly as much as a backpack-load. Men blasphemed God and blamed Him for the plague of the hail, because this plague was very, very great.
|The literal Greek word is '''ταλεντον''' (''talenton''), the weight that a man could carry on his back. Any rock or hailstone weighing that much would deliver as much energy as would a nuclear device.
|The literal Greek word is '''ταλεντον''' (''talenton''), the weight that a man could carry on his back. Any rock or hailstone weighing that much would deliver as much energy as would a nuclear device.
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