Verse (Click for Chapter) Contemporary English Version Beautiful love is my child, and so are fear and knowledge and hope that trusts God, and he gives me and my children to his own people. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: Sirach 24:16And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:17 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. Sirach 24:19 As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. Sirach 24:20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: Context Sirach 24…17I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. 18I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: 19As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.… Cross References Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:17 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. Sirach 24:19 As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. Sirach 24:20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: |
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