Sirach 33:31
Good News Translation
Treat him as a brother; you need him as you need yourself. If you mistreat him and he runs away, where are you going to look for him?

New Revised Standard Version
If you have but one slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood. If you have but one slave, treat him like a brother, for you will need him as you need your life.

Contemporary English Version
If one slave is all you have, treat him like a family member or even as you treat yourself. You worked a long time to buy that slave, and you need his help to survive.

New American Bible
If you have but one slave, treat him like yourself, for you have acquired him with your life’s blood; If you have but one slave, deal with him as a brother, for you need him as you need your life.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.

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If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.

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.

Sirach 33:32
If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:

Sirach 33:33
And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.

Context
Sirach 33
30Set 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. 31If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him. 32If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 33:32
If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:

Sirach 33:33
And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 33:30
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