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Sirach 39:20-22
Good News Translation
Sirach 39:20-22
Good News Translation
20 He sees the whole of time, from beginning to end,
and nothing takes him by surprise.[a]
21 No one should ask why things are as they are;
everything in creation has its purpose.
22 His blessings overflow like the Nile,
enriching the world in a fertile flood.[b]
Footnotes
- Sirach 39:20 takes him by surprise; or is too marvelous for him.
- Sirach 39:22 Hebrew overflow...flood; Greek cover the dry land like a river and drench it like a flood.
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