Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Like a grapevine I put out lovely shoots; my blossoms gave way to rich and glorious fruit. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. Sirach 24:15And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:18 I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: Sirach 24:19 As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. Context Sirach 24…16And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. 17I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. 18I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:… Cross References Sirach 24:15 And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:18 I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho: Sirach 24:19 As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. |