Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 38:1-5 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

1. Give doctors the honour they deserve, for the Lord gave them their work to do.

2. Their skill came from the Most High, and kings reward them for it.

3. Their knowledge gives them a position of importance, and powerful people hold them in high regard.

4. The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible person will not hesitate to use them.

5. Didn't a tree once make bitter water fit to drink, so that the Lord's power might be known?