Sirach 43:18
Good News Translation
We marvel at its beautiful whiteness, and in fascination we watch it fall.

New Revised Standard Version
The eye is dazzled by the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed as it falls.

Contemporary English Version
We watch amazed as it floats down, white and lovely.

New American Bible
Its shining whiteness blinds the eyes, the mind marvels at its steady fall.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:

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

Sirach 43:17
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.

Sirach 43:19
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.

Sirach 43:20
The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.

Context
Sirach 43
17At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow. 18The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind: 19And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.…
Cross References
Sirach 43:16
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.

Sirach 43:17
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.

Sirach 43:19
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.

Sirach 43:20
The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 43:17
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