Sirach 17:5 Catholic Bible: We were given the five senses of sight and hearing, taste, touch, and smell; and we were also given the ability to think and to interpret what our senses tell us.

◄ Sirach 17:5 ►

Contemporary English Version
We were given the five senses of sight and hearing, taste, touch, and smell; and we were also given the ability to think and to interpret what our senses tell us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.

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He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.

Sirach 17:3
He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth.

Sirach 17:4
He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls.

Sirach 17:6
He created in them the science of the spirit, he fired their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.

Sirach 17:7
He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:

Context

Sirach 17
…4He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls. 5He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding. 6He created in them the science of the spirit, he fired their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.…

Cross References

(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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