Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation She will come to welcome you, like a mother or a young bride. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. Sirach 14:27He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory. Sirach 15:1 He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, Sirach 15:3 With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. Sirach 15:4 And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. Context Sirach 15…1He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, 2And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. 3With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved.… Cross References Sirach 14:27 He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory. Sirach 15:1 He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, Sirach 15:3 With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. Sirach 15:4 And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. |