Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I grew tall, like the cedars in Lebanon, like the cypresses on Mount Hermon, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. 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. 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. |