Sirach 40:4
New Revised Standard Version
from the one who wears purple and a crown to the one who is clothed in burlap,

Contemporary English Version
to the homeless in the street, sitting in dirt and grime and wearing worn-out clothes.

New American Bible
Whether one wears a splendid crown or is clothed in the coarsest of garments—

Douay-Rheims Bible
From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,

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From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,

Sirach 40:2
Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:

Sirach 40:3
From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:

Sirach 40:5
And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.

Sirach 40:6
A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.

Context
Sirach 40
3From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes: 4From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife, 5And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.…
Cross References
Sirach 40:2
Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:

Sirach 40:3
From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:

Sirach 40:5
And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.

Sirach 40:6
A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 40:3
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