Sirach 24:17
Good News Translation
Like a grapevine I put out lovely shoots; my blossoms gave way to rich and glorious fruit.

New Revised Standard Version
Like the vine I bud forth delights, and my blossoms become glorious and abundant fruit.

Contemporary English Version
and like a grapevine, they grew buds and blossoms, and finally clusters of rich, sweet fruit.

New American Bible
I bud forth delights like a vine; my blossoms are glorious and rich fruit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.

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I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.

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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:16
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