Sirach 43:12
Good News Translation
Like a bow bent by the hands of the Most High, it spans the horizon in a circle of glory.

New Revised Standard Version
It encircles the sky with its glorious arc; the hands of the Most High have stretched it out.

Contemporary English Version
who bent it with his hands and placed it around the sky.

New American Bible
It spans the heavens with its glory, the hand of God has stretched it out in power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.

Sirach 43:10
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.

Sirach 43:11
By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.

Sirach 43:13
It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.

Sirach 43:14
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.

Context
Sirach 43
11By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches. 12Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness. 13It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.…
Cross References
Sirach 43:10
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.

Sirach 43:11
By the words of the holy one they stand in judgment, and shall never fall in their watches.

Sirach 43:13
It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.

Sirach 43:14
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 43:11
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