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Sirach 40:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again. All things that are of the waters return into the sea. "

Sirach 40:11

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9 come death, bloodshed, strife, sword, calamities, famine, suffering, and plague.

10 All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them the flood came.

11 All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again. All things that are of the waters return into the sea.

12 All bribery and injustice will be blotted out. Good faith will stand forever.

13 The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river, and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise.

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"All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition."

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"Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth."

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"For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters, and creatures that swim moved upon the land."

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"I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die."

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Sirach 40:1

"Great travail is created for every man. A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things."

Sirach 40:2

"The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts."

Sirach 40:3

"From him who sits on a throne of glory, even to him who is humbled in earth and ashes,"

Sirach 40:4

"from him who wears purple and a crown, even to him who is clothed in burlap,"

Sirach 40:5

"there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest, fear of death, anger, and strife. In the time of rest upon his bed, his night sleep changes his knowledge."

Sirach 40:6

"He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, he is troubled in the vision of his heart, as one who has escaped from the front of battle."

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