Sirach 39:14
Good News Translation
Bloom like a sweet-smelling lily, and send your fragrance into the air like incense. Sing the Lord's praises, and thank him for all that he has done.

New Revised Standard Version
Send out fragrance like incense, and put forth blossoms like a lily. Scatter the fragrance, and sing a hymn of praise; bless the Lord for all his works.

Contemporary English Version
You will grow faster than lilies, and your songs praising the Lord for what he has done will be a pleasant smell, spreading like incense.

New American Bible
Send up the sweet odor of incense, break forth in blossoms like the lily. Raise your voices in a chorus of praise; bless the Lord for all his works!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise.

Sirach 39:12
Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten.

Sirach 39:13
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.

Sirach 39:15
If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.

Sirach 39:16
I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.

Context
Sirach 39
13The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation. 14Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise. 15If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.…
Cross References
Sirach 39:12
Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten.

Sirach 39:13
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.

Sirach 39:15
If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.

Sirach 39:16
I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 39:13
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