Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation All of these people are skilled with their hands, each of them an expert at his own craft. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them to perfection. Sirach 38:29So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace. Sirach 38:30 The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh. Sirach 38:32 So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number: Sirach 38:33 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet: Context Sirach 38…30The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh. 31He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them to perfection. 32So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:… Cross References Sirach 38:29 So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace. Sirach 38:30 The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh. Sirach 38:32 So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number: Sirach 38:33 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet: |
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