All these things live and remain for ever for every need, and are all obedient may be rendered as follows:

• Everything the Lord has created has its own purpose;
it all goes on forever, obeying his will.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Sirach. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.