Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation like the palm trees of Engedi, like the roses of Jericho, like beautiful olive trees in the fields, like plane trees growing by the water. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. Sirach 24:12Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, Sirach 24:13 And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. Sirach 24:15 And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Context Sirach 24…13And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. 14From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. 15And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.… Cross References Sirach 24:12 Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, Sirach 24:13 And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. Sirach 24:15 And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. |