Sirach 21:3
Good News Translation
Every lawless act leaves an incurable wound, like one left by a double-edged sword.

New Revised Standard Version
All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; there is no healing for the wound it inflicts.

Contemporary English Version
Lawlessness kills like a sword with two edges swung this way and that.

New American Bible
All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; when it cuts, there is no healing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.

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The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.

Sirach 21:1
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.

Sirach 21:2
Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.

Sirach 21:4
All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.

Sirach 21:5
Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out.

Context
Sirach 21
2Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee. 3The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men. 4All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.…
Cross References
Sirach 21:1
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.

Sirach 21:2
Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.

Sirach 21:4
All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.

Sirach 21:5
Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 21:2
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