Ben Sira 39:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 Many will praise his understanding;
his name can never be blotted out;
Unfading will be his memory,
through all generations his name will live;(A)
Ben Sira 44:13-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 And for all time their progeny will endure,
their glory will never be blotted out;
14 Their bodies are buried in peace,
but their name lives on and on.(A)
15 At gatherings their wisdom is retold,
and the assembly proclaims their praises.
The Early Ancestors
16 [Enoch[a] walked with the Lord and was taken,(B)
that succeeding generations might learn by his example.]
Footnotes
- 44:16 Enoch: because of his friendship with God and his unusual disappearance from the earth, this prophet’s renown was great among the chosen people, particularly in the two centuries just before the coming of Christ; cf. Gn 5:21–24; Hb 11:5. The present verse is an expansion of the original text; cf. 49:14.
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