Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Look at those ungodly people: they refused to recognize you as God, so you punished them with your great power. They were overtaken by terrible storms of rain and hail and were completely destroyed by fire. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire. Wisdom 16:14A man indeed killeth through malice, and when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return, neither shall he call back the soul that is received: Wisdom 16:15 But it is impossible to escape thy hand: Wisdom 16:17 And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just. Wisdom 16:18 For at one time the fire was mitigated, that the beasts which were sent against the wicked might not be burnt, but that they might see, and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God. Context Wisdom 16…15But it is impossible to escape thy hand: 16For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire. 17And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just.… Cross References Wisdom 16:14 A man indeed killeth through malice, and when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return, neither shall he call back the soul that is received: Wisdom 16:15 But it is impossible to escape thy hand: Wisdom 16:17 And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just. Wisdom 16:18 For at one time the fire was mitigated, that the beasts which were sent against the wicked might not be burnt, but that they might see, and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God. |