Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation As for me, I have been the last to come on duty, as if going through vineyards to gather whatever the grape-pickers had left behind. But the Lord blessed me, and I did well, like a grape-picker who has filled the wine press. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers. Sirach 33:14All 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. 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 33:17 In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress. Sirach 33:18 See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline. Context Sirach 33…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. 16And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers. 17In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.… Cross References Sirach 33:14 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 33:15 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 33:17 In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress. Sirach 33:18 See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline. |