Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Out of the 600,000 Israelites who marched through the wilderness, these two were the only ones spared and allowed to enter the rich and fertile land that was to be theirs. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one: Sirach 46:6He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force. Sirach 46:7 He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries. Sirach 46:9 And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring. Sirach 46:10 And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey. Context Sirach 46…7He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries. 8That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one: 9And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.… Cross References Sirach 46:6 He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force. Sirach 46:7 He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries. Sirach 46:9 And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring. Sirach 46:10 And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey. |