Sirach 46:5
Good News Translation
When his enemies were threatening him from every side, he prayed to the mighty Lord Most High, and his prayer was answered with a hailstorm of devastating force.

New Revised Standard Version
He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when enemies pressed him on every side, and the great Lord answered him with hailstones of mighty power.

Contemporary English Version
His enemies attacked all around, but he prayed to our Mighty God, and the Lord, the Most High, made deadly hailstones fall on the enemy army.

New American Bible
He called upon the Most High God when his enemies beset him on all sides, And God Most High answered him with hailstones of tremendous power,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?

Sirach 46:3
How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?

Sirach 46:4
Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.

Sirach 46:6
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.

Sirach 46:7
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.

Context
Sirach 46
4Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies. 5Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two? 6He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.…
Cross References
Sirach 46:3
How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?

Sirach 46:4
Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.

Sirach 46:6
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.

Sirach 46:7
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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