Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He will feed you until you are embarrassed. Finally, when he has drained you two or three times over, he will laugh at you. If you see him later, he will pretend he doesn't know you, and will pass you by. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? Sirach 13:5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. Sirach 13:6 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. Sirach 13:8 And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. Sirach 13:9 Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands. Context Sirach 13…6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. 7If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? 8And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.… Cross References Sirach 13:5 If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. Sirach 13:6 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. Sirach 13:8 And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. Sirach 13:9 Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands. |