Sirach 29:27
Good News Translation
Go away, stranger! I've got an important guest! My brother is coming to visit, and I need the room!"

New Revised Standard Version
“Be off, stranger, for an honored guest is here; my brother has come for a visit, and I need the guest-room.”

Contemporary English Version
Finally they will tell you to leave so they can give your room to a relative or some important guest.

New American Bible
Go away, you parasite, for one more worthy; for my relative’s visit I need the room!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.

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The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.

Sirach 29:25
A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.

Sirach 29:26
Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.

Sirach 29:28
Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house.

Sirach 29:29
Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.

Context
Sirach 29
26Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not. 27The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame. 28Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house.…
Cross References
Sirach 29:25
A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.

Sirach 29:26
Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.

Sirach 29:28
Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house.

Sirach 29:29
Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 29:26
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