Sirach 32:5
Good News Translation
Music at a banquet where wine is served is like a ruby set in gold.

New Revised Standard Version
A ruby seal in a setting of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine.

Contemporary English Version
Good wine and good music at a banquet

New American Bible
Like a seal of carnelian in a setting of gold: a concert of music at a banquet of wine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music.

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To speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music.

Sirach 32:3
That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.

Sirach 32:4
Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,

Sirach 32:6
Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom.

Sirach 32:7
A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.

Context
Sirach 32
4Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee, 5To speak the first word with careful knowledge, and hinder not music. 6Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom.…
Cross References
Sirach 32:3
That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.

Sirach 32:4
Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,

Sirach 32:6
Where there is no hearing, pour not out words, and be not lifted up out of season with thy wisdom.

Sirach 32:7
A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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