Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But at another point, when surrounded by water, the flames burned more fiercely than fire had ever burned before, and so destroyed the crops on the land where those unrighteous people lived. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And at another time the fire, above its own power, burnt in the midst of water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked land. Wisdom 16:17And 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. Wisdom 16:20 Instead of which things, thou didst feed thy people with the food of angels, and gavest them bread from heaven, prepared without labour; having in it all that is delicious, and the sweetness of every taste. Wisdom 16:21 For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked. Context Wisdom 16…18For 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. 19And at another time the fire, above its own power, burnt in the midst of water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked land. 20Instead of which things, thou didst feed thy people with the food of angels, and gavest them bread from heaven, prepared without labour; having in it all that is delicious, and the sweetness of every taste.… Cross References 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. Wisdom 16:20 Instead of which things, thou didst feed thy people with the food of angels, and gavest them bread from heaven, prepared without labour; having in it all that is delicious, and the sweetness of every taste. Wisdom 16:21 For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked. |