Ben Sira 17:3

3 He endowed them with strength like his own, and made them in his own image.

Ben Sira 17:3 In-Context

1 The Lord created human beings out of earth, and makes them return to it again.

2 He gave them a fixed number of days, but granted them authority over everything on the earth.

3 He endowed them with strength like his own, and made them in his own image.

4 He put the fear of them in all living beings, and gave them dominion over beasts and birds.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lat: Gk [proper to them]