Sirach 2:7
Good News Translation
All you that fear the Lord, wait for him to show you his mercy. Do not turn away from him, or you will fall.

New Revised Standard Version
You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; do not stray, or else you may fall.

Contemporary English Version
If you fear the Lord and are patient, he will show you mercy. But if you turn away, you will fall.

New American Bible
You that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy, do not stray lest you fall.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him lest ye fall.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him lest ye fall.

Sirach 2:5
For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

Sirach 2:6
Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.

Sirach 2:8
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.

Sirach 2:9
Ye that fear the Lord hope in him, and mercy shall come to you for your delight.

Context
Sirach 2
6Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. 7Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him lest ye fall. 8Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.…
Cross References
Sirach 2:5
For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

Sirach 2:6
Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.

Sirach 2:8
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.

Sirach 2:9
Ye that fear the Lord hope in him, and mercy shall come to you for your delight.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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