Sirach 43:17
New Revised Standard Version
so do the storm from the north and the whirlwind. He scatters the snow like birds flying down, and its descent is like locusts alighting.

Contemporary English Version
The whirlwind obeys him, as do winds from the south and storms from the north. God sends the snow, and it settles on the ground like a flock of birds or a swarm of locusts.

New American Bible
A word from him drives on the south wind, whirlwind, hurricane, and stormwind. He makes the snow fly like birds; it settles down like swarms of locusts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.

Sirach 43:15
Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.

Sirach 43:16
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.

Sirach 43:18
The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:

Sirach 43:19
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.

Context
Sirach 43
16By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken. 17At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow. 18The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:…
Cross References
Sirach 43:15
Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.

Sirach 43:16
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.

Sirach 43:18
The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:

Sirach 43:19
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 43:16
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