Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Work is what he needs. If he won't obey you, put him in chains. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle: Sirach 33:26He 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. Sirach 33:29 For idleness hath taught much evil. Sirach 33:30 Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one, and do no grievous thing without judgment. Context Sirach 33…27The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave. 28Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle: 29For idleness hath taught much evil.… Cross References 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. Sirach 33:29 For idleness hath taught much evil. Sirach 33:30 Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one, and do no grievous thing without judgment. |
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