Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Here is what all creatures, both human and animal, must face (but it is seven times worse for sinners): New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more. Sirach 40:6A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch. Sirach 40:7 He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear. 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. Context Sirach 40…7He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear. 8Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more. 9Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:… Cross References Sirach 40:6 A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch. Sirach 40:7 He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear. 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. |
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