This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Sirach 14:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible18 Like a budding leaf on a leafy tree, it sheds some and it puts forth others; so is a generation of flesh and blood; one dies, and another is born. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version18 All flesh grows old like the grass, and like the foliage that springs forth from a green tree. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)18 Human beings are like leaves on a spreading tree. New growth takes the place of the fallen leaves; while some of us die, others are being born. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers18 Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree, some it sheds, and some grow, so also are the generations of flesh and blood: one comes to an end and another is born. See the chapter |