OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 42:19

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He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be, and reveals the traces of hidden things.

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Verse 19. Signs. Lit. “sign,” the order of the stars, and so forth Bible.—Yet God does not study these things, to discover what will happen. He is the author of nature. Calmet.—From his works we are to form some idea of his greatness. Job 28. and so forth Worthington.

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