Wisdom 16:17
And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just.
Challoner: The fire had more forceViz., when the fire and hail mingled together laid waste the land of Egypt. Ex. 9.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quod enim mirabile erat, in aqua, quæ omnia extinguit, plus ignis valebat : vindex est enim orbis justorum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τὸ γὰρ παραδοξότατον, ἐν τῷ πάντα σβεννύντι ὕδατι πλεῖον ἐνήργει τὸ πῦρ, ὑπέρμαχος γὰρ ὁ κόσμος ἐστὶν δικαίων.
Haydock's commentary
The fire had more force. Viz., When the fire and hail mingled together laid waste the land of Egypt, Exodus ix. (Challoner)
This destroyed the useful cattle, but not such as infested the Egyptians. (Worthington)
The water seemed to nourish the flames, 3 Kings xviii. 39.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.