Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it rises how marvelous a thing it is, made by the Most High. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High. Sirach 42:26He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory? Sirach 43:1 The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. Sirach 43:3 At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat: Sirach 43:4 The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes. Context Sirach 43…1The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. 2The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High. 3At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:… Cross References Sirach 42:26 He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory? Sirach 43:1 The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. Sirach 43:3 At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat: Sirach 43:4 The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes. |