Sirach 40:4DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 4 of 32
"From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,"
In context
2Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:
3From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:
4From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,
5And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.
6A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.