Sirach 39:21
Good News Translation
No one should ask why things are as they are; everything in creation has its purpose.

New Revised Standard Version
No one can say, ‘What is this?’ or ‘Why is that?’— for everything has been created for its own purpose.

Contemporary English Version
So don't question what God has done; he had a purpose in mind for each thing he created.

New American Bible
No cause then to say: “What is the purpose of this?” Everything is chosen to satisfy a need.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All the works of the Lord are exceeding good.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All the works of the Lord are exceeding good.

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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 39:20
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