Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But this disaster did not strike your people. Instead, you gave them the food of angels. From heaven you sent down bread that was ready to eat, and they did not have to prepare it. The food you gave delighted everyone, no matter what his taste. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 16:18For 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. Wisdom 16:19 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 16:21 For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked. Wisdom 16:22 But snow and ice endured the force of fire, and melted not: that they might know that the fire, burning in the hail, and flashing in the rain, destroyed the fruits of the enemies. Context Wisdom 16…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. 21For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked.… Cross References 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 16:19 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 16:21 For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked. Wisdom 16:22 But snow and ice endured the force of fire, and melted not: that they might know that the fire, burning in the hail, and flashing in the rain, destroyed the fruits of the enemies. |