Ben Sira 43:4

4 The setting sun sets fire to the hilltops, like a metal furnace glowing from the heat. It sends out fiery rays, blinding the eyes with its brightness.

Ben Sira 43:4 In-Context

2 The sun, when it appears, proclaims as it rises how marvelous a thing it is, made by the Most High.

3 At noon it dries up the land; no one can stand its blazing heat.

4 The setting sun sets fire to the hilltops, like a metal furnace glowing from the heat. It sends out fiery rays, blinding the eyes with its brightness.

5 The Lord, who made it, is great; it speeds on its way at his command.

6 There is also the moon, marking the passage of time, an eternal sign of the changing seasons.

Footnotes

• [a] [Hebrew] The setting . . . heat; [Greek] A man at a furnace works with scorching heat, but the sun burns the hills three times as much.