Sirach 33:14
Good News Translation
Good is the opposite of evil, life is the opposite of death, and sin is the opposite of devotion to the Lord.

New Revised Standard Version
Good is the opposite of evil, and life the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.

Contemporary English Version
There are many opposites-- good and evil, life and death, sinners and God's people.

New American Bible
As evil contrasts with good, and death with life, so are sinners in contrast with the godly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.

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:

Sirach 33:15
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.

Sirach 33:16
And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.

Context
Sirach 33
13As the potter's clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it: 14All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment. 15Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.…
Cross References
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:

Sirach 33:15
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.

Sirach 33:16
And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 33:13
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