Sirach 39:30
New Revised Standard Version
the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.

Contemporary English Version
wild animals and scorpions, and poisonous snakes, not to mention war.

New American Bible
Ravenous beasts, scorpions, vipers, and the avenging sword to exterminate the wicked: All these were created to meet a need, and are kept in his storehouse for the proper time.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.

Sirach 39:28
And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him.

Sirach 39:29
Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.

Sirach 39:31
The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

Sirach 39:32
All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.

Context
Sirach 39
29Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath. 30Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things. 31The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.…
Cross References
Sirach 39:28
And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him.

Sirach 39:29
Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.

Sirach 39:31
The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

Sirach 39:32
All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 39:29
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