Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Everything that comes from the earth goes back to the earth, just as all water flows into the sea. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea. Sirach 40:9Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges: Sirach 40:10 All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood. Sirach 40:12 All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever. Sirach 40:13 The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain. Context Sirach 40…10All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood. 11All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea. 12All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.… Cross References Sirach 40:9 Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges: Sirach 40:10 All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood. Sirach 40:12 All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever. Sirach 40:13 The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain. |