Sirach 30:7
Good News Translation
But anyone who spoils his son will have to bandage his wounds. His heart will stop every time he hears a shout.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever spoils his son will bind up his wounds, and will suffer heartache at every cry.

Contemporary English Version
If you spoil your children, you will have to put bandages on the wounds they will get, and you will shake with fear every time you hear shouting.

New American Bible
Whoever spoils a son will have wounds to bandage, and will suffer heartache at every cry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled.

Sirach 30:5
While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.

Sirach 30:6
For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.

Sirach 30:8
A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.

Sirach 30:9
Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful.

Context
Sirach 30
6For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends. 7For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled. 8A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.…
Cross References
Sirach 30:5
While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.

Sirach 30:6
For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.

Sirach 30:8
A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.

Sirach 30:9
Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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