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Sirach 36

26 verses · King James Version

  1. 1Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:Compare translations of Sirach 36:1
  2. 2And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.Compare translations of Sirach 36:2
  3. 3Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.Compare translations of Sirach 36:3
  4. 4As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.Compare translations of Sirach 36:4
  5. 5And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.Compare translations of Sirach 36:5
  6. 6Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.Compare translations of Sirach 36:6
  7. 7Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.Compare translations of Sirach 36:7
  8. 8Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.Compare translations of Sirach 36:8
  9. 9Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.Compare translations of Sirach 36:9
  10. 10Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.Compare translations of Sirach 36:10
  11. 11Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.Compare translations of Sirach 36:11
  12. 12O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.Compare translations of Sirach 36:12
  13. 13O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.Compare translations of Sirach 36:13
  14. 14Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:Compare translations of Sirach 36:14
  15. 15Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.Compare translations of Sirach 36:15
  16. 16Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.Compare translations of Sirach 36:16
  17. 17O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.Compare translations of Sirach 36:17
  18. 18The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.Compare translations of Sirach 36:18
  19. 19As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.Compare translations of Sirach 36:19
  20. 20A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.Compare translations of Sirach 36:20
  21. 21A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.Compare translations of Sirach 36:21
  22. 22The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.Compare translations of Sirach 36:22
  23. 23If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.Compare translations of Sirach 36:23
  24. 24He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.Compare translations of Sirach 36:24
  25. 25Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.Compare translations of Sirach 36:25
  26. 26Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so who will believe a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?Compare translations of Sirach 36:26