Sirach 44:12
Good News Translation
Their descendants continue to keep the covenant and always will, because of what their ancestors did.

New Revised Standard Version
Their descendants stand by the covenants; their children also, for their sake.

Contemporary English Version
to those who follow them in being faithful to their agreement with God. *

New American Bible
Through God’s covenant their family endures, and their offspring for their sake.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.

Sirach 44:10
But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:

Sirach 44:11
Good things continue with their seed,

Sirach 44:13
And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.

Sirach 44:14
Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.

Context
Sirach 44
11Good things continue with their seed, 12Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants. 13And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.…
Cross References
Sirach 44:10
But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:

Sirach 44:11
Good things continue with their seed,

Sirach 44:13
And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.

Sirach 44:14
Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 44:11
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