Sirach 6:10
Good News Translation
Others will sit at your table as long as things are going well; they will stick to you like your shadow and give orders to your servants, but they will not stand by you in trouble.

New Revised Standard Version
And there are friends who sit at your table, but they will not stand by you in time of trouble.

Contemporary English Version
Still others will come to dinner but not to help if you have trouble.

New American Bible
Others are friends, table companions, but they cannot be found in time of affliction.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.

Sirach 6:8
For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.

Sirach 6:9
And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.

Sirach 6:11
A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.

Sirach 6:12
If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.

Context
Sirach 6
9And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches. 10And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress. 11A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.…
Cross References
Sirach 6:8
For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.

Sirach 6:9
And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.

Sirach 6:11
A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.

Sirach 6:12
If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:9
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