Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He scorches the wilderness hills with drought, and the grass turns brown from its heat; New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. Sirach 43:19And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts. Sirach 43:20 The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. Sirach 43:22 The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. Sirach 43:23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. Context Sirach 43…20The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. 21He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. 22The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.… Cross References 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. Sirach 43:20 The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. Sirach 43:22 The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate. Sirach 43:23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. |