Sirach 35:8
Good News Translation
Praise the Lord by making generous offerings to him; don't be stingy with the first of your crops.

New Revised Standard Version
The offering of the righteous enriches the altar, and its pleasing odor rises before the Most High.

Contemporary English Version
When one of God's people burns the fat of a sacrifice, God Most High is pleased with the smell of the smoke rising from the altar.

New American Bible
The offering of the just enriches the altar: a sweet odor before the Most High.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.

Sirach 35:6
Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.

Sirach 35:7
For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.

Sirach 35:9
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.

Sirach 35:10
Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.

Context
Sirach 35
7For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God. 8The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High. 9The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.…
Cross References
Sirach 35:6
Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.

Sirach 35:7
For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.

Sirach 35:9
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.

Sirach 35:10
Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 35:7
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