Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation enemies surrounded me everywhere. I looked for someone to help me, but there was no one there. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue: Sirach 51:5Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about: Sirach 51:6 From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt. Sirach 51:8 My soul shall praise the Lord even to death. Sirach 51:9 And my life was drawing near to hell beneath. Context Sirach 51…6From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt. 7From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue: 8My soul shall praise the Lord even to death.… Cross References Sirach 51:5 Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about: Sirach 51:6 From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt. Sirach 51:8 My soul shall praise the Lord even to death. Sirach 51:9 And my life was drawing near to hell beneath. |