Sirach 16:30
Good News Translation
He covered it with all kinds of creatures that must die and return to the dust.

New Revised Standard Version
With all kinds of living beings he covered its surface, and into it they must return.

Contemporary English Version
animals of all kinds covered the ground, and when they die, they return to it.

New American Bible
Its surface he covered with every kind of living creature which must return into it again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.

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After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.

Sirach 16:28
Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.

Sirach 16:29
Be not thou incredulous to his word.

Sirach 16:31
The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.

Sirach 17:1
God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.

Context
Sirach 16
29Be not thou incredulous to his word. 30After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods. 31The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.…
Cross References
Sirach 16:28
Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.

Sirach 16:29
Be not thou incredulous to his word.

Sirach 16:31
The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.

Sirach 17:1
God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 16:29
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