Sirach 31:24
Good News Translation
But everybody in town will complain about a host who is stingy with food, and their complaints are justified.

New Revised Standard Version
The city complains of the one who is stingy with food, and their testimony to his stinginess is accurate.

Contemporary English Version
But the whole town is right to complain about a host who gives only a snack.

New American Bible
The city complains about one who is stingy with food, and this testimony to his stinginess is lasting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him.

Sirach 31:22
How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain.

Sirach 31:23
Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man:

Sirach 31:25
And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.

Sirach 31:26
Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.

Context
Sirach 31
23Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man: 24Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. 25And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:22
How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain.

Sirach 31:23
Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man:

Sirach 31:25
And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.

Sirach 31:26
Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:23
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