Sirach 25:19
Good News Translation
Compared with the troubles caused by a woman, any other trouble looks small. May such women suffer the fate of sinners!

New Revised Standard Version
Any iniquity is small compared to a woman’s iniquity; may a sinner’s lot befall her!

Contemporary English Version
The sins of men are small compared to those of women, and I pray that women who sin will be severely punished.

New American Bible
There is hardly an evil like that in a woman; may she fall to the lot of the sinner!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:20
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:

Sirach 25:21
And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.

Context
Sirach 25
18And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart: 19And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman: 20And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:…
Cross References
Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:20
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:

Sirach 25:21
And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:18
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