◄ Sirach 7:4 ►
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Good News Translation
Don't ask the Lord for a place of honor or ask the king for an important position.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not seek from the Lord high office, or the seat of honor from the king.

Contemporary English Version
Don't ask the Lord to make you a leader, and don't ask the king to give you honor.

New American Bible
Do not seek from God authority or from the king a place of honor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.

Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.

Sirach 7:3
My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Sirach 7:5
Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.

Sirach 7:6
Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.

Context
Sirach 7
…3My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold. 4Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour. 5Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.

Sirach 7:3
My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Sirach 7:5
Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.

Sirach 7:6
Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.



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Sirach 7:3
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