Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation All this showed how lovingly you care for your children. That food satisfied the desire of everyone who ate it; it was changed to suit each person's taste. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked. Wisdom 16:19And at another time the fire, above its own power, burnt in the midst of water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked land. Wisdom 16:20 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 16:22 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. Wisdom 16:23 But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. Context Wisdom 16…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. 22But 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.… Cross References 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 16:20 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 16:22 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. Wisdom 16:23 But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. |