Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I will tell you about ten kinds of people that I feel fortunate to know, especially fortunate in the case of the tenth: someone who takes pride in his children, someone who lives to see his enemies fall, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour! Sirach 25:5The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age? Sirach 25:6 O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! Sirach 25:8 Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory. Sirach 25:9 Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue. Context Sirach 25…6O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! 7O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour! 8Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.… Cross References Sirach 25:5 The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age? Sirach 25:6 O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! Sirach 25:8 Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory. Sirach 25:9 Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue. |