Sirach 50:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And when he received the portions out of the priests' hands, Himself also standing by the hearth of the altar, His brethren as a garland round about him, He was as a young cedar in Libanus; And as stems of palm trees compassed they him round about, More versionsCommon English Bible When he received the portions of the sacrificial animals from the priests’ hands, standing beside the altar’s hearth, surrounded by a wreath of brothers, he was like a new cedar of Lebanon, and they surrounded him like palm-tree trunks. Catholic Public Domain Version He gave glory to the vestment of sanctity, when he ascended to the holy altar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he went up to the holy altar, he honoured the vesture of holiness. Good News Translation (US Version) When the priests handed him the portions of the sacrifice as he stood beside the altar with his assistants circling him like a wreath, he was like a young cedar of Lebanon surrounded by palm trees. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers When he received the portions out of the priests’ hands, as he stood by the hearth of the altar, with his kindred like a garland around him, he was like a young cedar in Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Then he stood beside the altar, and other priests gave him the sacrifices to be burned. These priests stood around him like palm trees near a cedar in the Lebanon mountains. |