Sirach 23:24
Good News Translation
The children will suffer for her sin. They will not be able to find a place in society or establish families. She herself will be brought before the assembly

New Revised Standard Version
She herself will be brought before the assembly, and her punishment will extend to her children.

Contemporary English Version
She will be put on trial in a town meeting, and she will be punished. Even her children will suffer,

New American Bible
Such a woman will be dragged before the assembly, and her punishment will extend to her children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.

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

Sirach 23:22
A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.

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 23:25
Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?

Sirach 23:26
Darkness compasseth me about, and the walls cover me, and no man seeth me: whom do I fear? the most High will not remember my sins.

Context
Sirach 23
23And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire. 24To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end. 25Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?…
Cross References
Sirach 23:22
A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.

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 23:25
Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?

Sirach 23:26
Darkness compasseth me about, and the walls cover me, and no man seeth me: whom do I fear? the most High will not remember my sins.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 23:23
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