Sirach 50:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

In his days the cistern of waters was diminished, The brasen vessel in compass as the sea.

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In his time, he dug out a storage basin for water, a reservoir with a circumference like a lake’s.

In his days, waters flowed out from the wells, and these were full beyond measure, like the sea.

In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.

The reservoir, as big as the bronze tank, was dug while he was in office.

In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference.

Simon also dug a cistern as big as the large bronze bowl called “the Sea.”