Sirach 16:26
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CEB
The Lord’s works in creation existed from the beginning, and he defined their exact stations when he made them.
DRA
The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.
GNT
In the beginning the Lord did his work of creation, and gave everything a place of its own.
NABRE
When at the first God created his works and, as he made them, assigned their tasks,
NCB
When God created his works in the beginning, in doing so he determined their boundaries.
NRSVA
When the Lord created his works from the beginning, and, in making them, determined their boundaries,
NRSVACE
When the Lord created his works from the beginning, and, in making them, determined their boundaries,
NRSVCE
When the Lord created his works from the beginning, and, in making them, determined their boundaries,
NRSVUE
When the Lord created his works from the beginning and, in making them, determined their boundaries,
RSV
The works of the Lord have existed from the beginning by his creation, and when he made them, he determined their divisions.
RSVCE
The works of the Lord have existed from the beginning by his creation, and when he made them, he determined their divisions.
WYC
In the doom of God be his works from the beginning; and in the ordinance of those, he parted the parts of those, and he parted the beginnings of those in his folks. [In the doom of God his works from the beginning; and from the ordaining of those men he severed the parts of them, and the beginnings of them in their folks of kind/in his folks of kind.]
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