Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wait until the last moment of your life, when you are breathing your last, and then divide your property among your heirs. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. Sirach 33:21As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. 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 33:24 Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance. Sirach 33:25 Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave. Context Sirach 33…22For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. 23In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. 24Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.… Cross References Sirach 33:21 As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. 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 33:24 Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance. Sirach 33:25 Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave. |
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