Sirach 23:22
Good News Translation
The same is true of a woman who is unfaithful to her husband and presents him with a child by another man.

New Revised Standard Version
So it is with a woman who leaves her husband and presents him with an heir by another man.

Contemporary English Version
If an unfaithful wife has a child by another man, she will be punished.

New American Bible
So it is with the woman unfaithful to her husband, who offers him an heir by another man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.

Sirach 23:20
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.

Sirach 23:21
Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.

Sirach 23:23
And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.

Sirach 23:24
To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.

Context
Sirach 23
21Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. 22A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. 23And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.…
Cross References
Sirach 23:20
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.

Sirach 23:21
Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.

Sirach 23:23
And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.

Sirach 23:24
To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 23:21
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