Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You can use a harness and yoke to tame an animal, and a slave can be tortured in the stocks. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty. 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. Sirach 33:25 Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave. Sirach 33:27 The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave. Sirach 33:28 Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle: Context Sirach 33…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. 27The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.… Cross References 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. Sirach 33:27 The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave. Sirach 33:28 Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle: |
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