Good News Translation
On a harp each string keeps its own pitch, but each sound can be combined with others to make different melodies. That is how it was in those days, when the very elements entered into new combinations. Look at what happened!

New Revised Standard Version
Fire even in water retained its normal power, and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.

Contemporary English Version
Different tunes can be played on the same harp, though the strings remain the same. And this is similar to what happened in those days, as can be seen from the following examples.

New American Bible
Fire in water maintained its own strength, and water forgot its quenching nature;

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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 19:16
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 19:17
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 19:19
The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature.

Wisdom 19:20
On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of corruptible animals walking therein, neither did they melt that good food, which was apt to melt as ice. For in all things thou didst magnify thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, but didst assist them at all times, and in every place.