Sirach 36:22
Good News Translation
A woman's beauty makes a man happy; there is no fairer sight for the human eye to see.

New Revised Standard Version
Hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servants, according to your goodwill toward your people, and all who are on the earth will know that you are the Lord, the God of the ages.

Contemporary English Version
Our Lord, we are your servants. If you are pleased with us, answer our prayer, and then the whole world will know that you are the Eternal Lord God.

New American Bible
Hear the prayer of your servants, according to your good will toward your people. Thus all the ends of the earth will know that you are the eternal God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.

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A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.

Sirach 36:20
The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.

Sirach 36:21
The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.

Sirach 36:23
A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.

Sirach 36:24
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.

Context
Sirach 36
21The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches. 22A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it. 23A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.…
Cross References
Sirach 36:20
The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.

Sirach 36:21
The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.

Sirach 36:23
A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.

Sirach 36:24
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 36:21
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