Sirach 26:15
Good News Translation
A modest wife has endless charm; it is a quality too precious to measure.

New Revised Standard Version
A modest wife adds charm to charm, and no scales can weigh the value of her chastity.

Contemporary English Version
Her modesty is the crown on all her graces; her faithfulness to her husband has value beyond measure.

New American Bible
A modest wife is a supreme blessing; no scales can weigh the worth of her chastity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.

Sirach 26:13
On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.

Sirach 26:14
Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.

Sirach 26:16
The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.

Sirach 26:17
Her discipline is the gift of God.

Context
Sirach 26
14Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee. 15She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail. 16The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.…
Cross References
Sirach 26:13
On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.

Sirach 26:14
Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.

Sirach 26:16
The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.

Sirach 26:17
Her discipline is the gift of God.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 26:14
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