Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Nothing that comes from bribery or injustice will last, but the effects of loyalty will remain forever. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever. Sirach 40:10All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood. Sirach 40:11 All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea. 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. Sirach 40:14 While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end. Context Sirach 40…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. 13The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.… Cross References Sirach 40:10 All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood. Sirach 40:11 All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea. 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. Sirach 40:14 While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end. |