Sirach 50:9
Good News Translation
like burning incense, like a cup made of hammered gold and decorated with all kinds of jewels,

New Revised Standard Version
like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of hammered gold studded with all kinds of precious stones;

Contemporary English Version
He was majestic, like the smoke from burning incense, or a golden bowl set with jewels of every kind,

New American Bible
like the fire of incense at sacrifice; Like a vessel of hammered gold, studded with all kinds of precious stones;

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.

Sirach 50:7
And as the sun when it shineth, so did he shine in the temple of God.

Sirach 50:8
And as the rainbow giving light in bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.

Sirach 50:10
As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.

Sirach 50:11
As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.

Context
Sirach 50
8And as the rainbow giving light in bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer. 9As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire. 10As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.…
Cross References
Sirach 50:7
And as the sun when it shineth, so did he shine in the temple of God.

Sirach 50:8
And as the rainbow giving light in bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.

Sirach 50:10
As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.

Sirach 50:11
As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 50:8
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