Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Sailors tell about the dangers of the sea, and we listen to their tales in amazement. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Sirach 43:22The 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. Sirach 43:23 And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. Sirach 43:25 At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. Sirach 43:26 Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire. Context Sirach 43…23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire. 24A 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. 25At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.… Cross References 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. Sirach 43:25 At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein. Sirach 43:26 Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire. |
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