Sirach 43:6
Good News Translation
There is also the moon, marking the passage of time, an eternal sign of the changing seasons.

New Revised Standard Version
It is the moon that marks the changing seasons, governing the times, their everlasting sign.

Contemporary English Version
The moon also has its turn in the sky serving as a sign of the changing months,

New American Bible
It is the moon that marks the changing seasons, governing the times, their lasting sign.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.

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.

Sirach 43:7
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

Sirach 43:8
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.

Context
Sirach 43
5Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course. 6And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world. 7From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 43:7
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

Sirach 43:8
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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