Sirach 33:18
Good News Translation
Listen to me, all you great leaders! All you leaders of the assemblies, hear what I have to say!

New Revised Standard Version
Consider that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.

Contemporary English Version
I wasn't working just for my own good, but to help all those who want to learn wisdom.

New American Bible
Consider that not for myself only have I labored, but for all who seek instruction.

Douay-Rheims Bible
See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.

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See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.

Sirach 33:16
And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.

Sirach 33:17
In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.

Sirach 33:19
Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.

Sirach 33:20
Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same.

Context
Sirach 33
17In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress. 18See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline. 19Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.…
Cross References
Sirach 33:16
And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.

Sirach 33:17
In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.

Sirach 33:19
Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.

Sirach 33:20
Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 33:17
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