Sirach 51:5
Good News Translation
from death itself; from vicious slander reported to the king.

New Revised Standard Version
from the deep belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue and lying words—

Contemporary English Version
Death was ready to swallow me, because their filthy lies

New American Bible
from the deep belly of Sheol, From deceiving lips and painters of lies,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:

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Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:

Sirach 51:3
And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper.

Sirach 51:4
And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.

Sirach 51:6
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.

Sirach 51:7
From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:

Context
Sirach 51
4And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour. 5Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about: 6From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.…
Cross References
Sirach 51:3
And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper.

Sirach 51:4
And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.

Sirach 51:6
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.

Sirach 51:7
From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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