Sirach 51:30
Good News Translation
Do your duty at the proper time, and the Lord, at the time he thinks proper, will give you your reward.

New Revised Standard Version
Do your work in good time, and in his own time God will give you your reward.

Contemporary English Version
Work when it is time to work, and God will reward you when the time is right.

New American Bible
Work at your tasks in due season, and in his own time God will give you your reward.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.

Sirach 51:28
I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.

Sirach 51:29
My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.

Sirach 51:31
Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the hours of discipline.

Sirach 51:32
Why are ye slow and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.

Context
Sirach 51
29My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession. 30The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him. 31Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the hours of discipline.…
Cross References
Sirach 51:28
I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.

Sirach 51:29
My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.

Sirach 51:31
Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the hours of discipline.

Sirach 51:32
Why are ye slow and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 51:29
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