Sirach 6:19
Good News Translation
Work as hard to find Wisdom as a farmer works to plow and plant his fields; then you can expect a good harvest. You will have to work at it for a while, but you will soon be enjoying what you have earned.

New Revised Standard Version
Come to her like one who plows and sows, and wait for her good harvest. For when you cultivate her you will toil but little, and soon you will eat of her produce.

Contemporary English Version
Learning Wisdom isn't so hard. It's like plowing a little and planting a few seeds-- then a short time later eating food from the harvest.

New American Bible
As though plowing and sowing, draw close to her; then wait for her bountiful crops. For in cultivating her you will work but little, and soon you will eat her fruit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits:

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Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits:

Sirach 6:17
He that feareth God, shall likewise have good friendship: because according to him shall his friend be.

Sirach 6:18
My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.

Sirach 6:20
For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.

Sirach 6:21
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.

Context
Sirach 6
18My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom. 19Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: 20For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.…
Cross References
Sirach 6:17
He that feareth God, shall likewise have good friendship: because according to him shall his friend be.

Sirach 6:18
My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.

Sirach 6:20
For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.

Sirach 6:21
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:18
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