Polyglot Bible: Sirach: Sirach 24

This is a synoptic presentation of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) chapter 24 in three parallel columns: the Apocrypha (English, likely KJV Apocrypha), the Septuagint (Greek), and the Vulgate (Latin). The chapter is a wisdom poem in the tradition of Jewish sapiential literature, closely related to Proverbs 8, in which personified Wisdom delivers a first-person hymn of self-praise. Wisdom declares her divine origin ("from the mouth of the Most High"), her cosmic scope (traversing heaven, sea, and all nations), and her ultimate dwelling-place chosen by God: Israel, Jerusalem, and Zion specifically. The poem's distinctive claim is that Wisdom is not merely universal but has been particularized — rooted in the Jewish people and identified explicitly with the Torah of Moses, an equation made explicit in verse 23/Apo that is absent from canonical Proverbs. Wisdom is described through a cascade of aromatic and botanical imagery (cedar, cypress, cinnamon, myrrh, frankincense) and invites all who hunger for her, paradoxically promising that those who eat and drink of her will remain hungry and thirsty still. The Vulgate column is notably longer, containing additional verses (including a reference to David and a messianic heir) not present in the Greek or English columns, illustrating the textual tradition differences between the Septuagint and Latin recensions of the book.

Polyglot Bible: Sirach: Sirach 24

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