Sirach 42:14
Good News Translation
A man's wickedness is better than a woman's goodness; women bring shame and disgrace.

New Revised Standard Version
Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; it is woman who brings shame and disgrace.

Contemporary English Version
Women are the cause of so much disgrace, that the wrong things men do are better than the good done by women.

New American Bible
Better a man’s harshness than a woman’s indulgence, a frightened daughter than any disgrace.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.

Sirach 42:12
Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women.

Sirach 42:13
For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.

Sirach 42:15
I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.

Sirach 42:16
The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.

Context
Sirach 42
13For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. 14For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. 15I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.…
Cross References
Sirach 42:12
Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women.

Sirach 42:13
For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.

Sirach 42:15
I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.

Sirach 42:16
The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 42:13
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