9 like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones, (WEB) 10 like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds. (WEB) 11 When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect splendor, ascending to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious. (WEB)
Sirach 50:9–11
Semantically similar passages
Hosea 14:5–7
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. 6 His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. 7 They will return and dwell in his shade; th…
Sirach 43:8–10
8 The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven, (WEB) 9 the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord. (WEB) 10 At the w… (WEB)
Sirach 24:13–15
13 I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon. (WEB) 14 I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree. (WEB) 15 Like cinnamon and… (WEB)
Psalms 133:1–3
1 A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony! 2 It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon falling on…
Numbers 24:5–7
5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! 6 They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters. 7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water…
Psalms 80:9–11
9 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. 10 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. 11 It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
Sirach 45:11–13
11 with twisted scarlet, the work of the craftsman; with precious stones engraved like a signet, in a setting of gold, the work of the jeweller, for a reminder engraved in writing, after the number of the tribes of Israel; (WEB) 12 with a crown of gold upon the mitre, hav… (WEB)
Ezekiel 31:7–9
7 It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in th…
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources