Ben Sira 24:17

17 Like the vine I bud forth delights, and my blossoms become glorious and abundant fruit.

Ben Sira 24:17 In-Context

15 Like cassia and camel's thorn I gave forth perfume, and like choice myrrh I spread my fragrance, like galbanum, onycha, and stacte, and like the odor of incense in the tent.

16 Like a terebinth I spread out my branches, and my branches are glorious and graceful.

17 Like the vine I bud forth delights, and my blossoms become glorious and abundant fruit.

19 "Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my fruits.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities add as verse 18, [I am the mother of beautiful love, of fear, of knowledge, and of holy hope; being eternal, I am given to all my children, to those who are named by him.]