Sirach 24:8
Good News Translation
Then my Creator, who created the universe, told me where I was to live. 'Make your home in Israel,' he said. 'The descendants of Jacob will be your people.'

New Revised Standard Version
“Then the Creator of all things gave me a command, and my Creator chose the place for my tent. He said, ‘Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.’

Contemporary English Version
Then the Creator of the world gave me a command telling me to set up my tent among the descendants of Jacob, the people of Israel.

New American Bible
“Then the Creator of all gave me his command, and my Creator chose the spot for my tent. He said, ‘In Jacob make your dwelling, in Israel your inheritance.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
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,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Sirach 24:7
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

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

Sirach 24:10
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:

Context
Sirach 24
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, 9And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,…
Cross References
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 24:7
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.

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

Sirach 24:10
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:7
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