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 23:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)19 His fear is confined to the eyes of men, and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they look upon all the ways of men, and perceive even the hidden places. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible19 They fear human eyes, but they are unaware that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they observe all the ways of human beings and look into hidden places. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version19 Otherwise, God may forget you, when you are in their sight, and then you would be repeatedly ridiculed and would suffer disgrace, and you might wish that you had never been born, and you might curse the day of your nativity. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version19 Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)19 This man is only afraid of other people. He doesn't realize that the eyes of the Lord are 10,000 times brighter than the sun, that he sees everything we do, even when we try to hide it. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers19 The eyes of men are his terror. He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, seeing all the ways of men, and looking into secret places. See the chapter |