Sirach 17:11
Good News Translation
He made knowledge available to them and gave them the Law as a source of life.

New Revised Standard Version
He bestowed knowledge upon them, and allotted to them the law of life.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord gave to our ancestors laws that bring knowledge and life,

New American Bible
He set before them knowledge, and allotted to them the law of life.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And their eye saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And their eye saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.

Sirach 17:9
Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.

Sirach 17:10
He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.

Sirach 17:12
And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.

Sirach 17:13
Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.

Context
Sirach 17
10He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments. 11And their eye saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity. 12And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.…
Cross References
Sirach 17:9
Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.

Sirach 17:10
He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.

Sirach 17:12
And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.

Sirach 17:13
Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 17:10
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