Sirach 24:7
Good News Translation
I looked everywhere for a place to settle, some part of the world to make my home.

New Revised Standard Version
Among all these I sought a resting place; in whose territory should I abide?

Contemporary English Version
But where could I find a place to settle down? In what nation should I live?

New American Bible
Among all these I sought a resting place. In whose inheritance should I abide?

Douay-Rheims Bible
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

Sirach 24:5
I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:

Sirach 24:6
I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:

Sirach 24:8
I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,

Sirach 24:9
And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,

Context
Sirach 24
6I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth: 7I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud. 8I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,…
Cross References
Sirach 24:5
I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:

Sirach 24:6
I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:

Sirach 24:8
I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,

Sirach 24:9
And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:6
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