Sirach 40:7
Good News Translation
just as we are about to be caught, we wake up and are relieved to find there is nothing to be afraid of.

New Revised Standard Version
At the moment he reaches safety he wakes up, astonished that his fears were groundless.

Contemporary English Version
and almost reaching safety, then we wake up, amazed-- it was all a dream.

New American Bible
As he reaches safety, he wakes up, astonished that there was nothing to fear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear.

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He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear.

Sirach 40:5
And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.

Sirach 40:6
A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.

Sirach 40:8
Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.

Sirach 40:9
Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:

Context
Sirach 40
6A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch. 7He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear. 8Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.…
Cross References
Sirach 40:5
And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.

Sirach 40:6
A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.

Sirach 40:8
Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.

Sirach 40:9
Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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