Sirach 3:8
Good News Translation
Honor your father in everything you do and say, so that you may receive his blessing.

New Revised Standard Version
Honor your father by word and deed, that his blessing may come upon you.

Contemporary English Version
If you speak to your father with respect and do what he asks, he will bless you,

New American Bible
In word and deed honor your father, that all blessings may come to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.

Sirach 3:6
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

Sirach 3:7
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

Sirach 3:9
Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,

Sirach 3:10
That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.

Context
Sirach 3
7He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother. 8He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world. 9Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,…
Cross References
Sirach 3:6
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

Sirach 3:7
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

Sirach 3:9
Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,

Sirach 3:10
That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 3:7
Top of Page
Top of Page