Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The doctor's prayer is that the Lord will make him able to ease his patients' pain and make them well again. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation. Sirach 38:12For the Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, for his works are necessary. Sirach 38:13 For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands: Sirach 38:15 He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician. Sirach 38:16 My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial. Context Sirach 38…13For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands: 14And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation. 15He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician.… Cross References Sirach 38:12 For the Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, for his works are necessary. Sirach 38:13 For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands: Sirach 38:15 He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician. Sirach 38:16 My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial. |