Sirach 16:16
Contemporary English Version
But the Lord also wants everyone to know about his mercy, so he separated those who have his light from those who remain in darkness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?

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Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?

Sirach 16:14
The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.

Sirach 16:15
All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.

Sirach 16:17
In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?

Sirach 16:18
Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,

Context
Sirach 16
15All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment. 16Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high? 17In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?…
Cross References
Sirach 16:14
The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.

Sirach 16:15
All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.

Sirach 16:17
In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?

Sirach 16:18
Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 16:15
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