Sirach 27:30
Good News Translation
Anger and a hot temper are horrible things, but sinners have both.

New Revised Standard Version
Anger and wrath, these also are abominations, yet a sinner holds on to them.

Contemporary English Version
Taking revenge in anger is disgusting--yet sinners just won't give it up.

New American Bible
Wrath and anger, these also are abominations, yet a sinner holds on to them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.

Sirach 27:28
If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.

Sirach 27:29
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.

Sirach 27:31
Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.

Sirach 27:32
They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.

Context
Sirach 27
29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. 30A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. 31Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.…
Cross References
Sirach 27:28
If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.

Sirach 27:29
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.

Sirach 27:31
Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.

Sirach 27:32
They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 27:29
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