Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This happened so that the people whom you loved, O Lord, might learn that they are not fed by what they can grow. It is your word that maintains those who put their trust in you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee. Wisdom 16:24For 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. Wisdom 16:25 Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee: Wisdom 16:27 For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Wisdom 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. Context Wisdom 16…25Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee: 26That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee. 27For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away:… Cross References 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. Wisdom 16:25 Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee: Wisdom 16:27 For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, presently melted away: Wisdom 16:28 That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light. |