Sirach 24:12
Good News Translation
I put down roots among an honored people whom the Lord had chosen as his own.

New Revised Standard Version
I took root in an honored people, in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.

Contemporary English Version
Here, I put down roots among the glorious people who belong to the Lord.

New American Bible
I struck root among the glorious people, in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

Sirach 24:10
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

Sirach 24:11
And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.

Sirach 24:13
And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

Sirach 24:14
From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.

Context
Sirach 24
11And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. 12Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, 13And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.…
Cross References
Sirach 24:10
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

Sirach 24:11
And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.

Sirach 24:13
And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

Sirach 24:14
From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:11
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