30 I came out as a canal stream from a river, and as an irrigation ditch into a garden. (WEB) 31 I said, “I will water my garden, and will drench my garden bed.” Behold, my stream became a river, and my river became a sea. (WEB) 32 I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning, and will make these things clear from far away. (WEB)
Sirach 24:30–32
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