Sirach 32:11
Good News Translation
Leave the party at the right time and never be the last to go. Don't linger at the door; just go straight home.

New Revised Standard Version
Leave in good time and do not be the last; go home quickly and do not linger.

Contemporary English Version
Then later, at the proper time, just say goodbye and go home. Don't wait around to be the last to leave.

New American Bible
Leave in good time and do not be the last; go home quickly without delay.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.

Sirach 32:9
Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.

Sirach 32:10
Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.

Sirach 32:12
In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.

Sirach 32:13
In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.

Context
Sirach 32
10Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. 11If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. 12In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.…
Cross References
Sirach 32:9
Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.

Sirach 32:10
Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.

Sirach 32:12
In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.

Sirach 32:13
In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 32:10
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