Ben Sira 24:6

6 I ruled over all the earth and the ocean waves, over every nation, over every people.

Ben Sira 24:6 In-Context

4 I made my home in highest heaven, my throne on a pillar of cloud.

5 Alone I walked around the circle of the sky and walked through the ocean beneath the earth.

6 I ruled over all the earth and the ocean waves, over every nation, over every people.

7 I looked everywhere for a place to settle, some part of the world to make my home.

8 Then my Creator, who created the universe, told me where I was to live. "Make your home in Israel,' he said. "The descendants of Jacob will be your people.'

Footnotes

• [a] ruled over; [some manuscripts have] gained possession of.