Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation By his wisdom he calmed the great oceans and placed the islands there. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. Sirach 43:21He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. Sirach 43:22 The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. Sirach 43:24 A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. Sirach 43:25 At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. Context Sirach 43…22The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. 23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. 24A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.… Cross References Sirach 43:21 He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. Sirach 43:22 The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. Sirach 43:24 A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. Sirach 43:25 At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. |
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