Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation At noon it dries up the land; no one can stand its blazing heat. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat: Sirach 43:1The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. Sirach 43:2 The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High. 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. Sirach 43:5 Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course. Context Sirach 43…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: 4The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.… Cross References Sirach 43:1 The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. Sirach 43:2 The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High. 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. Sirach 43:5 Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course. |
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