Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Eat me, and you will hunger for more; drink me, and you will thirst for more. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm. Sirach 24:19As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. Sirach 24:20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: Sirach 24:22 I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace. Sirach 24:23 As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. Context Sirach 24…20I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: 21And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm. 22I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.… Cross References Sirach 24:19 As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted. Sirach 24:20 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh: Sirach 24:22 I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace. Sirach 24:23 As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. |