Sirach 42:18
Good News Translation
He sees into the oceans and into the human heart, and he knows the secrets of both. The Most High knows everything that can be known and understands the signs of the ages.

New Revised Standard Version
He searches out the abyss and the human heart; he understands their innermost secrets. For the Most High knows all that may be known; he sees from of old the things that are to come.

Contemporary English Version
God knows everything-- from the unseen world of the ocean floor, to the secret thoughts deep in our hearts, to those things that change from one age to the next.

New American Bible
He searches out the abyss and penetrates the heart; their secrets he understands. For the Most High possesses all knowledge, and sees from of old the things that are to come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.

Sirach 42:16
The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.

Sirach 42:17
Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?

Sirach 42:19
For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.

Sirach 42:20
No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.

Context
Sirach 42
17Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory? 18He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices. 19For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.…
Cross References
Sirach 42:16
The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.

Sirach 42:17
Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?

Sirach 42:19
For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.

Sirach 42:20
No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 42:17
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