Sirach 12:13
Good News Translation
Nobody feels sorry for snake charmers or wild animal tamers who get bitten,

New Revised Standard Version
Who pities a snake charmer when he is bitten, or all those who go near wild animals?

Contemporary English Version
If you try to charm snakes or to tame wild animals, who will take pity when you get bitten?

New American Bible
Who pities a snake charmer when he is bitten, or anyone who goes near a wild beast?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

Sirach 12:11
Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.

Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

Sirach 12:14
For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

Sirach 12:15
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.

Context
Sirach 12
12Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. 13Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. 14For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.…
Cross References
Sirach 12:11
Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.

Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

Sirach 12:14
For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

Sirach 12:15
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 12:12
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