Sirach 39:28
Good News Translation
There are winds that were created to bring punishment, fierce enough to move mountains. In times of judgment, they unleash their strength and calm the anger of their maker.

New Revised Standard Version
“There are winds created for vengeance, and in their anger they can dislodge mountains; on the day of reckoning they will pour out their strength and calm the anger of their Maker.

Contemporary English Version
"The Lord created furious winds to take revenge for him. And on the day of judgment, they will punish his enemies, then his anger will be calmed. *

New American Bible
There are stormwinds created to punish; in their fury they can dislodge mountains. In a time of destruction they hurl their force and calm the anger of their Maker.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him.

Sirach 39:26
There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.

Sirach 39:27
His blessing hath overflowed like a river.

Sirach 39:29
Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.

Sirach 39:30
Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.

Context
Sirach 39
27His blessing hath overflowed like a river. 28And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him. 29Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.…
Cross References
Sirach 39:26
There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.

Sirach 39:27
His blessing hath overflowed like a river.

Sirach 39:29
Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.

Sirach 39:30
Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 39:27
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