Sirach 24:13
Good News Translation
I grew tall, like the cedars in Lebanon, like the cypresses on Mount Hermon,

New Revised Standard Version
“I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon, and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.

Contemporary English Version
I grew tall, like a cedar tree in Lebanon or a cypress on Mount Hermon;

New American Bible
“Like a cedar in Lebanon I grew tall, like a cypress on Mount Hermon;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.

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

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 24:12
Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

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.

Sirach 24:15
And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.

Context
Sirach 24
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. 14From 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.…
Cross References
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 24:12
Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

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.

Sirach 24:15
And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:12
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