Common English Bible

Sirach 24:25-31 Common English Bible (CEB)

25. God supplies Wisdom comparableto the fullness of the Pishon River,even like the Tigris Riverin the springtime.

26. God provides understandingas deep as the Euphrates,or like the Jordan at the timeof the harvest.

27. God pours forth understanding like light,as does the Gihon Springat the time of the grape harvest.

28. The first humandidn’t know Wisdom completely,and so the last won’t probe her fully.

29. Her thoughts are more plentifulthan the sea;her counsel is deeperthan the great abyss.

30. Like a canal from a river,like an irrigation channel,I went out into a garden.

31. I said, “I’ll water my garden,and I’ll drench my flower bed.And look! The canalturned into a river for me,and my river turned into a sea.