Wisdom 16:21-23

Wycliffe Bible

²¹ For thou showedest thy chattel, and thy sweetness, which thou hast, to sons; and the bread serving to the will of each man, was turned to that, that each man would (or desired). [Forsooth thy substance, and thy sweetness, that into sons thou hast, thou showedest; and serving to the will of each one, to what each would, it was converted.]

²² Forsooth snow and ice suffered the might of (the) fire, and melted not; (so) that they should know, that fire burning, in hail and rain lightning, destroyed the fruits of (the) enemies. [Snow forsooth and ice suffered the strength of fire, and flowed not; that they should know, for burning fire, lightning in hail and rain, destroyed the fruits of the enemies.]

²³ Soothly again this was wonderful, also (the) fire forgot his (own) virtue, (so) that (the) just men should be nourished. [That forsooth again, that the rightwise man should be nourished, the fire also forgot his virtue.]