Sirach 33:7
Good News Translation
Why are some days holier than others, even though the same sun rises on every day of the year?

New Revised Standard Version
Why is one day more important than another, when all the daylight in the year is from the sun?

Contemporary English Version
Each day of the year depends on the sun for light, so why are some days more important than others?

New American Bible
Why is one day more important than another, when the same sun lights up every day of the year?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?

Sirach 33:5
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sirach 33:6
A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

Sirach 33:8
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.

Sirach 33:9
And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.

Context
Sirach 33
6A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him. 7Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun? 8By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.…
Cross References
Sirach 33:5
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sirach 33:6
A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

Sirach 33:8
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.

Sirach 33:9
And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 33:6
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