Sirach 47:16
Good News Translation
You were famous everywhere, and people loved you for bringing peace.

New Revised Standard Version
Your fame reached to far-off islands, and you were loved for your peaceful reign.

Contemporary English Version
He was famous in faraway islands; he brought peace, and so he was loved.

New American Bible
Your fame reached distant coasts, and you were beloved for your peaceful reign.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.

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And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.

Sirach 47:14
After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.

Sirach 47:15
Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!

Sirach 47:17
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

Sirach 47:18
The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,

Context
Sirach 47
15Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth! 16And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth. 17And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.…
Cross References
Sirach 47:14
After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.

Sirach 47:15
Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!

Sirach 47:17
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

Sirach 47:18
The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 47:15
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