Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation These people were also struck with blindness, like the men of Sodom who came to the door of that righteous man Lot. They found themselves in total darkness, as each one groped around to find his own door. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight. Wisdom 19:15But these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who lived under the same laws. Wisdom 19:16 But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door. Wisdom 19:18 For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things that before swam in the water passed upon the land. Wisdom 19:19 The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature. Context Wisdom 19…16But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door. 17For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight. 18For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things that before swam in the water passed upon the land.… Cross References Wisdom 19:15 But these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who lived under the same laws. Wisdom 19:16 But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door. Wisdom 19:18 For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things that before swam in the water passed upon the land. Wisdom 19:19 The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature. |