Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation What are human beings? Of what use are we? The good that we do--the evil that we do--what does it all mean? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years, as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity. Sirach 18:6When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss. Sirach 18:7 What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil? Sirach 18:9 Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them. Sirach 18:10 He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil. Context Sirach 18…7What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil? 8The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years, as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity. 9Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.… Cross References Sirach 18:6 When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss. Sirach 18:7 What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil? Sirach 18:9 Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them. Sirach 18:10 He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil. |