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Wisdom of Ben Sira 43:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 43:11-13
New Catholic Bible
The Rainbow, Aureole of Glory[a]
11 Look at the rainbow and praise its Maker,
for it glows with a surpassing beauty.
12 It spans the heavens with its glorious ark,
a bow stretched out by the hands of the Most High.
Natural Phenomena
13 By his command he sends the snowstorm
and speeds the lightning to execute his judgment.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 43:11 The Jews regarded the rainbow as a sign of the covenant that God made with the human race after the great catastrophe of the flood (Gen 9:13).
