Sirach 33:11
Good News Translation
But the Lord, in his wisdom, made them all different and gave them different tasks.

New Revised Standard Version
In the fullness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them and appointed their different ways.

Contemporary English Version
and the Lord used great wisdom to make each of us different, with different destinies.

New American Bible
In the fullness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and he designated their different ways.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.

Sirach 33:9
And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.

Sirach 33:10
Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.

Sirach 33:12
Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.

Sirach 33:13
As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:

Context
Sirach 33
10Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created. 11With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways. 12Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.…
Cross References
Sirach 33:9
And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.

Sirach 33:10
Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.

Sirach 33:12
Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.

Sirach 33:13
As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 33:10
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