Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If we live a hundred years, we have lived an unusually long time, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them. Sirach 18:7What 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. |