Sirach 5:9
Good News Translation
Be certain about what you believe and consistent in what you say. Don't try to please everyone or agree with everything people say.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not winnow in every wind, or follow every path.

Contemporary English Version
Not every wind is good for blowing away husks from threshed grain. And not every path leads where you want to go. But sinners will say anything to get what they want.

New American Bible
Do not winnow in every wind, nor walk in every path.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Sirach 5:7
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

Sirach 5:8
Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

Sirach 5:11
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.

Context
Sirach 5
8Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. 9For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee. 10Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.…
Cross References
Sirach 5:7
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

Sirach 5:8
Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

Sirach 5:11
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 5:8
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