Sirach 38:32DRA

Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 32 of 39

"So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:"
Sirach 38:32

In context

30The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.

31He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them, to perfection.

32So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:

33He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet:

34He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.

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