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Wisdom 19:19-21
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 19:19-21
New Catholic Bible
19 Land animals[a] became water creatures,
while creatures that swim migrated to dry land.
20 Even in water, fire maintained its normal strength,
and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.
21 Flames, by contrast, failed to consume the flesh
of perishable animals that walked in their midst,
nor did they melt the icelike composition of heavenly food so prone to liquefy.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 19:19 Land animals: i.e., the Israelites together with their cattle who passed across the Red Sea. Creatures that swim: i.e., frogs (Ex 7:26ff).
