Sirach 25:9
Good News Translation
someone fortunate enough to have a real friend, a person that people are happy to listen to,

New Revised Standard Version
Happy is the one who finds a friend, and the one who speaks to attentive listeners.

Contemporary English Version
people with common sense, and those who speak to others who are really listening. *

New American Bible
Happy the one who finds a friend, who speaks to attentive ears.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Sirach 25:7
O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!

Sirach 25:8
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.

Sirach 25:10
A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.

Sirach 25:11
Blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.

Context
Sirach 25
8Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory. 9Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue. 10A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.…
Cross References
Sirach 25:7
O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!

Sirach 25:8
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.

Sirach 25:10
A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.

Sirach 25:11
Blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:8
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