Sirach 43:20
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A cold north wind will blow, and ice will freeze on the water; it will settle on every pool of water, and the water will put it on like armor.
The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
He sends the cold north wind blowing and the water hardens into ice; every lake and pond freezes over, putting on a coat of icy armor.
He sends cold northern blasts that harden the ponds like solid ground, Spreads a crust over every body of water, and clothes each pool with a coat of armor.
At a blast from the frigid north wind, water freezes to ice on the ponds, settling on every pool of water and covering it like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes on the water; it settles on every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes on the water; it settles on every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes on the water; it settles on every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes on the water; it settles on every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes over the water; it rests upon every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes over the water; it rests upon every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
The cold northern wind blew, and (the) crystal of (the) water froze together [or and the crystal freezed from the water]; it resteth, on all the gathering together of waters, and it clotheth itself with waters, as with an habergeon.
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