Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation No one should ask why things are as they are; everything in creation has its purpose. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All the works of the Lord are exceeding good. Sirach 39:19Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works. Sirach 39:20 Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner: Sirach 39:22 At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters: Sirach 39:23 For at his commandment favour is shewn, and there is no diminishing of his salvation. Context Sirach 39…20Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner: 21All the works of the Lord are exceeding good. 22At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters:… Cross References Sirach 39:19 Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works. Sirach 39:20 Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner: Sirach 39:22 At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters: Sirach 39:23 For at his commandment favour is shewn, and there is no diminishing of his salvation. |