2 The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High. (WEB) 3 At noon, it dries up the land. Who can stand against its burning heat? (WEB) 4 A man tending a furnace is in burning heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains, breathing out fiery vapors, and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes. (WEB)
Sirach 43:2–4
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