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Ben Sira 38
Ben Sira 38:1-8
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Honor physicians for their services, for the Lord created them;
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for their gift of healing comes from the Most High, and they are rewarded by the king.
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The skill of physicians makes them distinguished, and in the presence of the great they are admired.
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The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and the sensible will not despise them.
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Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
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And he gave skill to human beings that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
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By them the physician heals and takes away pain;
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the pharmacist makes a mixture from them. God's works will never be finished; and from him health spreads over all the earth.
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[a].
Or [his]
[b].
Or [they]
[c].
Heb: Gk [he]
[d].
Gk [His]
[e].
Or [peace]
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.