Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They are all glad to obey the Lord's command and are ready to serve him here on earth. When their times of duty come, they never disobey. ( New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing. Sirach 39:29Even 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. Sirach 39:30 Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things. Sirach 39:32 All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil. Sirach 39:33 There are spirits that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on grievous torments. Context Sirach 39…30Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things. 31The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing. 32All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.… Cross References 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. Sirach 39:32 All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil. Sirach 39:33 There are spirits that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on grievous torments. |