Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation His punishment is as severe as his mercy is great. He judges people by what they have done. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation: Sirach 16:10He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins. Sirach 16:11 So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished: Sirach 16:13 According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works. Sirach 16:14 The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off. Context Sirach 16…11So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished: 12For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation: 13According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.… Cross References Sirach 16:10 He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins. Sirach 16:11 So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished: Sirach 16:13 According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works. Sirach 16:14 The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off. |