Sirach 16:21
Good News Translation
If I sin and am secretly disloyal, nobody will know it.

New Revised Standard Version
Like a tempest that no one can see, so most of his works are concealed.

Contemporary English Version
Most of what God does cannot be seen, just like the wind in a violent storm.

New American Bible
If I sin, no eye will see me; if all in secret I act deceitfully, who is to know?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see?

Sirach 16:19
The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.

Sirach 16:20
And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him.

Sirach 16:22
For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.

Sirach 16:23
He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.

Context
Sirach 16
20And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him. 21And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see? 22For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.…
Cross References
Sirach 16:19
The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.

Sirach 16:20
And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him.

Sirach 16:22
For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.

Sirach 16:23
He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 16:20
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