Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation They tried all kinds of wickedness until the Lord took vengeance on them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock. Sirach 47:23That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule. Sirach 47:24 But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord. Sirach 47:26 And Solomon had an end with his fathers. Sirach 47:27 And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation, Context Sirach 47…24But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord. 25Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock. 26And Solomon had an end with his fathers.… Cross References Sirach 47:23 That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule. Sirach 47:24 But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord. Sirach 47:26 And Solomon had an end with his fathers. Sirach 47:27 And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation, |
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