Wisdom 16:21
For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man's will, it was turned to what every man liked.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Substantia enim tua dulcedinem tuam, quam in filios habes, ostendebat ; et deserviens uniuscujusque voluntati, ad quod quisque volebat convertebatur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑπόστασίς σου τὴν σὴν γλυκύτητα πρὸς τέκνα ἐνεφάνισεν, τῇ δὲ τοῦ προσφερομένου ἐπιθυμίᾳ ὑπηρετῶν πρὸς ὅ τις ἐβούλετο μετεκιρνᾶτο.
Haydock's commentary
Sustenance. Literally, "substance," which some explain (Calmet) of God himself preparing this delicious food. (Naz. or. xlix.)
Liked. So that if a person wished to eat an egg, &c., the manna became one, without altering its appearance, which is the case in the blessed Eucharist. (Valentia, 4 disp. 6., &c.)
But this opinion supposes a continued miracle, which seems not necessary, and it is generally believed that the taste alone was changed, which St. Augustine and others restrain to God's faithful servants, otherwise the Hebrews could not have been disgusted with manna, Numbers xi. 6., and xxi. 5. To these it was therefore simply manna. But the others found in it whatever they could desire. (St. Gregory, Mor. vi. 9.)
Yet according to others, (Haydock) both enjoyed the same privilege. (Menochius)
We cannot account for men's fancies.
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.