Sirach 24:6
Good News Translation
I ruled over all the earth and the ocean waves, over every nation, over every people.

New Revised Standard Version
Over waves of the sea, over all the earth, and over every people and nation I have held sway.

Contemporary English Version
I ruled every nation, the land, and the sea.

New American Bible
Over waves of the sea, over all the land, over every people and nation I held sway.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:

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I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:

Sirach 24:4
And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:

Sirach 24:5
I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:

Sirach 24:7
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

Sirach 24:8
I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,

Context
Sirach 24
5I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures: 6I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth: 7I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.…
Cross References
Sirach 24:4
And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:

Sirach 24:5
I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:

Sirach 24:7
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

Sirach 24:8
I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:5
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