Sirach 37:24
Good News Translation
Everyone will praise such a person and speak of him as fortunate.

New Revised Standard Version
A wise person will have praise heaped upon him, and all who see him will call him happy.

Contemporary English Version
The wise are admired and praised by everyone they meet.

New American Bible
One wise for himself has full enjoyment, and all who see him praise him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.

Sirach 37:22
A skilful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.

Sirach 37:23
He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.

Sirach 37:25
There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.

Sirach 37:26
A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.

Context
Sirach 37
23He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing. 24Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom. 25There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.…
Cross References
Sirach 37:22
A skilful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.

Sirach 37:23
He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.

Sirach 37:25
There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.

Sirach 37:26
A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:23
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