Sirach 23:2
Good News Translation
I wish I could be whipped for my thoughts, so that Wisdom could discipline my mind. I would not want to be spared when I am wrong; I would not want a single sin to be overlooked!

New Revised Standard Version
Who will set whips over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my mind, so as not to spare me in my errors, and not overlook my sins?

Contemporary English Version
Please send wisdom to whip my thoughts and train my mind, to tell me when I have sinned, and to correct me when I am wrong.

New American Bible
Who will apply the lash to my thoughts, and to my mind the rod of discipline, That my failings may not be spared or the sins of my heart overlooked?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:

Sirach 22:33
Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 23:1
O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.

Sirach 23:3
Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?

Sirach 23:4
O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.

Context
Sirach 23
1O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them. 2Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear: 3Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?…
Cross References
Sirach 22:33
Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 23:1
O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.

Sirach 23:3
Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?

Sirach 23:4
O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.



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Sirach 23:1
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