Sirach 43:9
Good News Translation
The shining stars make the night sky lovely, brilliant ornaments in the Lord's high heavens.

New Revised Standard Version
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven, a glittering array in the heights of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Heaven, the Lord's home, is decorated at night with beautiful, twinkling stars.

New American Bible
The beauty of the heavens and the glory of the stars, a shining ornament in the heights of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven.

Sirach 43:7
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

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

Sirach 43:10
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.

Sirach 43:11
By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.

Context
Sirach 43
8The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection. 9Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the firmament of heaven. 10The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.…
Cross References
Sirach 43:7
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

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

Sirach 43:10
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.

Sirach 43:11
By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 43:8
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