Sirach 25:26
Good News Translation
If she won't do as you tell her, divorce her.

New Revised Standard Version
If she does not go as you direct, separate her from yourself.

Contemporary English Version
If she will not obey you, then get a divorce.

New American Bible
If she does not go along as you direct, cut her away from you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.

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All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.

Sirach 25:24
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,

Sirach 25:25
Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.

Sirach 25:27
As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.

Sirach 25:28
Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.

Context
Sirach 25
25Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. 26All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. 27As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.…
Cross References
Sirach 25:24
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,

Sirach 25:25
Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.

Sirach 25:27
As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.

Sirach 25:28
Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:25
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