Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version If you ill-treat him, and he leaves you and runs away, Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away: 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. Sirach 33:31 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 33:33 And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him. Sirach 34:1 The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools. Context Sirach 33…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: 33And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.… Cross References 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 33:31 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 33:33 And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him. Sirach 34:1 The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools. |
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