Sirach 41:21
Good News Translation
of turning down a relative's request, of depriving someone of what is rightly his, of staring at another man's wife,

New Revised Standard Version
and of rejecting the appeal of a relative; of taking away someone’s portion or gift, and of gazing at another man’s wife;

Contemporary English Version
or if you desire the wife of another man or if you try to have sex with one of his slave girls; if you refuse to help a relative or if you take what was given to someone else;

New American Bible
of rebuffing your own relatives; Of defrauding another of his appointed share,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:

Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Sirach 41:20
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

Sirach 41:22
Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:

Sirach 41:23
Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,

Context
Sirach 41
20For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion. 21Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power: 22Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:…
Cross References
Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Sirach 41:20
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

Sirach 41:22
Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:

Sirach 41:23
Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:20
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