Wisdom of Solomon 16:19
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19 and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire,
to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.(A)
Exodus 9:23
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23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;(A)
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Exodus 9:24
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24 there was hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of it, such heavy hail as had never fallen in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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Wisdom of Solomon 19:20
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20 Fire even in water retained its normal power,
and water forgot its fire-quenching nature.(A)
Wisdom of Solomon 19:21
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21 Flames, on the contrary, failed to consume
the flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them,
nor did they melt[a] the crystalline, quick-melting kind of heavenly food.(A)
Footnotes
- 19.21 Cn: Gk nor could be melted
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