Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation but a cloudy mist restores it all to life as the weather cools and dew appears. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 43:20The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. Sirach 43:21 He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. Sirach 43:23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. Sirach 43:24 A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. Context Sirach 43…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. 23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.… Cross References Sirach 43:20 The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof. Sirach 43:21 He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles. Sirach 43:23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. Sirach 43:24 A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it. |