The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
LXX
Wisdom of Solomon 19:20
The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
Parallel Translations
The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water, and water forgot its quenching nature.
Againe, the flames did not hurte the flesh of the corruptible beasts that walked therein, nether melted they that which semed to be yce, and was of a nature that wolde melt, and yet was an immortal meat.