Sirach 17:20
Good News Translation
None of their sins are hidden from him; he is aware of them all.

New Revised Standard Version
Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
That's the reason we can't hide our sins-- he can see them all.

New American Bible
Their iniquities cannot be hidden from him; all their sins are before the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.

Sirach 17:18
The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:

Sirach 17:19
And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.

Sirach 17:21
Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:

Sirach 17:22
Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.

Context
Sirach 17
19And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. 20But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth. 21Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:…
Cross References
Sirach 17:18
The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:

Sirach 17:19
And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.

Sirach 17:21
Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:

Sirach 17:22
Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 17:19
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