Sirach 18:9
Good News Translation
If we live a hundred years, we have lived an unusually long time,

New Revised Standard Version
The number of days in their life is great if they reach one hundred years.

Contemporary English Version
Few of us live a hundred years,

New American Bible
The number of their days seems great if it reaches a hundred years.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.

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Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.

Sirach 18:7
What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?

Sirach 18:8
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 18:10
He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.

Sirach 18:11
Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.

Context
Sirach 18
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. 10He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.…
Cross References
Sirach 18:7
What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?

Sirach 18:8
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 18:10
He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.

Sirach 18:11
Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 18:8
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