Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Anyone who steals an animal from the poor to offer as a sacrifice is like someone who kills a boy before his father's eyes. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing. Sirach 34:18To whom doth he look, and who is his strength? Sirach 34:19 The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, Sirach 34:21 The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable. Sirach 34:22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. Context Sirach 34…19The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, 20A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing. 21The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.… Cross References Sirach 34:18 To whom doth he look, and who is his strength? Sirach 34:19 The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, Sirach 34:21 The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable. Sirach 34:22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. |