Sirach 11:3
Good News Translation
Compared to most flying things, a bee is very small, but the honey it makes is the sweetest of foods.

New Revised Standard Version
The bee is small among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of sweet things.

Contemporary English Version
The honeybee is very small, but it makes the sweetest food.

New American Bible
The bee is least among winged creatures, but it reaps the choicest of harvests.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.

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The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.

Sirach 11:1
The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.

Sirach 11:2
Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.

Sirach 11:4
Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.

Sirach 11:5
Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.

Context
Sirach 11
2Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. 3The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. 4Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.…
Cross References
Sirach 11:1
The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.

Sirach 11:2
Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.

Sirach 11:4
Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.

Sirach 11:5
Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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