Sirach 43:22LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 22 of 37
"The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate."
In context
20The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
21He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
22The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
23And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
24A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.