Sirach 36:12
Good News Translation
Lord, have mercy on Israel, the people who are known by your name, whom you called your first-born son.

New Revised Standard Version
Crush the heads of hostile rulers who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”

Contemporary English Version
Crush the heads of their rulers who say, "All that matters is what we want to do."

New American Bible
Crush the heads of the hostile rulers who say, “There is no one besides me.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.

Sirach 36:10
Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.

Sirach 36:11
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.

Sirach 36:13
Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.

Sirach 36:14
Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.

Context
Sirach 36
11Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people. 12Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us. 13Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.…
Cross References
Sirach 36:10
Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.

Sirach 36:11
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.

Sirach 36:13
Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.

Sirach 36:14
Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 36:11
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