Sirach 13:17
Good News Translation
A sinner has no more in common with a devout person than a wolf has with a lamb.

New Revised Standard Version
What does a wolf have in common with a lamb? No more has a sinner with the devout.

Contemporary English Version
Wolves and lambs have about as much in common as sinners and God's people.

New American Bible
Is a wolf ever allied with a lamb? So the sinner with the righteous.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

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When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

Sirach 13:15
His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.

Sirach 13:16
Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:19
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.

Context
Sirach 13
16Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin. 17When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake. 18Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:15
His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.

Sirach 13:16
Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:19
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:16
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