Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't let her show off her beauty in front of men, or spend her time talking with the women. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. Sirach 42:10In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father's house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren. Sirach 42:11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude. Sirach 42:13 For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. Sirach 42:14 For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. Context Sirach 42…11Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude. 12Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. 13For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.… Cross References Sirach 42:10 In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father's house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren. Sirach 42:11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude. Sirach 42:13 For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. Sirach 42:14 For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. |
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