Sirach 42:23
Good News Translation
All these things go on forever, and all of them have their purpose.

New Revised Standard Version
All these things live and remain forever; each creature is preserved to meet a particular need.

Contemporary English Version
and year after year, each part fulfills its purpose.

New American Bible
Everything lives and abides forever; and to meet each need all things are preserved.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!

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O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!

Sirach 42:21
He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,

Sirach 42:22
Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.

Sirach 42:24
All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.

Sirach 42:25
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.

Context
Sirach 42
22Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor. 23O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark! 24All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.…
Cross References
Sirach 42:21
He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,

Sirach 42:22
Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.

Sirach 42:24
All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.

Sirach 42:25
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 42:22
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