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Sirach 17:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 17:2-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 He gave to men[a] few days, a limited time,
but granted them authority over the things upon the earth.[b]
3 He endowed them with strength like his own,[c]
and made them in his own image.
4 He placed the fear of them[d] in all living beings,
and granted them dominion over beasts and birds.[e]
Footnotes
- Sirach 17:2 Gk them
- Sirach 17:2 Gk it
- Sirach 17:3 Cn: Gk proper to them
- Sirach 17:4 Syr: Gk him
- Sirach 17:4 Other authorities add 5 They obtained the use of the five operations of the Lord; as sixth he distributed to them the gift of mind, and as seventh reason, the interpreter of his operations.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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