Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version from the one who wears purple and a crown to the one who is clothed in burlap, Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife, Sirach 40:2Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end: Sirach 40:3 From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes: Sirach 40:5 And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge. Sirach 40:6 A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch. Context Sirach 40…3From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes: 4From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife, 5And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.… Cross References Sirach 40:2 Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end: Sirach 40:3 From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes: Sirach 40:5 And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge. Sirach 40:6 A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch. |