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Sirach 24

1Wisdom will praise her own soul, and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people.
1Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
2She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High, and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power.
2In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
3“I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a mist.
3I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.
4I lived in high places, and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
4I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
5Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven, and walked in the depth of the abyss.
5I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.
6In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession.
6In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.
7With all these I sought rest. In whose inheritance shall I lodge?
7With all these I sought rest: and in whose inheritance shall I abide?
8Then the Creator of all things gave me a command. He who created me made my tent to rest, and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob, and your inheritance in Israel.’
8So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.
9He created me from the beginning, before the ages. For all ages, I will not cease to exist.
9He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.
10In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him. So I was established in Zion.
10In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.
11In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest. In Jerusalem was my domain.
11Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
12I took root in a people that was honored, even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
12And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
13I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
13I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
14I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree.
14I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.
15Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes. Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance, like galbanum, onycha, stacte, and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle.
15I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.
16Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches. My branches are glorious and graceful.
16As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.
17Like the vine, I put forth grace. My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.
17As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

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18I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.
19“Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
19Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.
20For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance than the honeycomb.
20For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
21Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more.
21They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.
22He who obeys me will not be ashamed. Those who work with me will not sin.”
22He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
23All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded us for an inheritance for the assemblies of Jacob.
23All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.

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24Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
25It is he who makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon, and as Tigris in the days of first fruits.
25He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
26He makes understanding full as the Euphrates, and as the Jordan in the days of harvest,
26He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
27who makes instruction shine forth as the light, as Gihon in the days of vintage.
27He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.
28The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her.
28The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
29For her thoughts are filled from the sea, and her counsels from the great deep.
29For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
30I came out as a canal stream from a river, and as an irrigation ditch into a garden.
30I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
31I said, “I will water my garden, and will drench my garden bed.” Behold, my stream became a river, and my river became a sea.
31I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
32I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning, and will make these things clear from far away.
32I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.
33I will continue to pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all generations.
33I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.
34See that I have not labored for myself only, but for all those who diligently seek wisdom.
34Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.