Sirach 4:9
Good News Translation
Protect people from those who want to wrong them, and be firm in your judgments.

New Revised Standard Version
Rescue the oppressed from the oppressor; and do not be hesitant in giving a verdict.

Contemporary English Version
Rescue everyone who suffers from injustice; have the courage to make the right decisions;

New American Bible
Deliver the oppressed from their oppressors; right judgment should not be repugnant to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.

Sirach 4:7
Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.

Sirach 4:8
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.

Sirach 4:10
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.

Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

Context
Sirach 4
8Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. 9Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. 10In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:7
Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.

Sirach 4:8
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.

Sirach 4:10
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.

Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:8
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