Sirach 22:11
Good News Translation
We mourn for the dead because they have no access to light. We ought to mourn for fools, because they have no access to intelligence. In fact, we should go into deeper mourning for fools, because the life they lead is worse than death. The dead are at least at rest.

Contemporary English Version
Mourn for the dead, who rest in darkness, but weep even more for fools, doomed to live in the darkness of stupidity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.

Sirach 22:9
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?

Sirach 22:10
Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.

Sirach 22:12
For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.

Sirach 22:13
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.

Context
Sirach 22
10Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth. 11Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. 12For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.…
Cross References
Sirach 22:9
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?

Sirach 22:10
Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.

Sirach 22:12
For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.

Sirach 22:13
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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