Sirach 43:14
Good News Translation
The storerooms of the sky are thrown open, and the clouds roll out like flying birds.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore the storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.

Contemporary English Version
And like birds, the clouds fly from his storehouse.

New American Bible
For his own purposes he opens the storehouse and makes the rain clouds fly like vultures.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.

Sirach 43:12
Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.

Sirach 43:13
It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.

Sirach 43:15
Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.

Sirach 43:16
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.

Context
Sirach 43
13It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it. 14By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. 15Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.…
Cross References
Sirach 43:12
Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.

Sirach 43:13
It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.

Sirach 43:15
Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.

Sirach 43:16
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 43:13
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