Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It was food that under normal circumstances would vanish away like snow or ice, but now it did not melt even in the fire. This was meant to teach your people that the same fire that was destroying their enemies' crops during the heavy downpour of rain and hail New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 16:20Instead 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. 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 16:23 But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. Wisdom 16:24 For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee. Context Wisdom 16…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. 23But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength.… Cross References 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. Wisdom 16:23 But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength. Wisdom 16:24 For the creature serving thee, the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment: and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee. |