Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you make your slave work, you can set your mind at ease. If you don't keep him busy, he will be looking for freedom. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave. Sirach 33:23In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. 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 33:26 He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty. Sirach 33:27 The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave. Context Sirach 33…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. 25Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave. 26He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.… Cross References Sirach 33:23 In all thy works keep the pre-eminence. 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 33:26 He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty. Sirach 33:27 The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave. |
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