Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Whoever hears you will take note of it, and sooner or later will hate you for it. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always. Sirach 19:7Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse. Sirach 19:8 Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not. Sirach 19:10 Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. Sirach 19:11 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. Context Sirach 19…8Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not. 9For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always. 10Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee.… Cross References Sirach 19:7 Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse. Sirach 19:8 Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not. Sirach 19:10 Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. Sirach 19:11 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. |