Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It is better that your children be dependent on you than the other way around. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. Sirach 33:19Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church. Sirach 33:20 Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same. Sirach 33:22 For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. Sirach 33:23 In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. Context Sirach 33…20Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same. 21As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. 22For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.… Cross References Sirach 33:19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church. Sirach 33:20 Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same. Sirach 33:22 For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. Sirach 33:23 In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. |
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