Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He gave each nation its own ruler, but Israel is the Lord's own possession. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God. Sirach 17:15And Israel was made the manifest portion of God. Sirach 17:16 And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways. Sirach 17:18 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: Sirach 17:19 And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. Context Sirach 17…16And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways. 17Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God. 18The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:… Cross References Sirach 17:15 And Israel was made the manifest portion of God. Sirach 17:16 And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways. Sirach 17:18 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: Sirach 17:19 And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. |
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