Sirach 43:7
Good News Translation
The moon determines the holy days. Its light grows full and then grows dim.

New Revised Standard Version
From the moon comes the sign for festal days, a light that wanes when it completes its course.

Contemporary English Version
and setting the times for sacred festivals. When its light has become dark, a new month begins--

New American Bible
By it we know the sacred seasons and pilgrimage feasts, a light which wanes in its course:

Douay-Rheims Bible
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

Sirach 43:5
Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.

Sirach 43:6
And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.

Sirach 43:8
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.

Sirach 43:9
Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.

Context
Sirach 43
6And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world. 7From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection. 8The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.…
Cross References
Sirach 43:5
Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.

Sirach 43:6
And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.

Sirach 43:8
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.

Sirach 43:9
Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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