Sirach 24:21
Good News Translation
Eat me, and you will hunger for more; drink me, and you will thirst for more.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who eat of me will hunger for more, and those who drink of me will thirst for more.

Contemporary English Version
But the more of me that you eat and drink, the more you will want.

New American Bible
Those who eat of me will hunger still, those who drink of me will thirst for more.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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 24:19
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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 24:20
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