Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation As long as you have breath in your body, don't let anyone lead your life for you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Sirach 33:18See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline. Sirach 33:19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church. Sirach 33:21 As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. Sirach 33:22 For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. Context Sirach 33…19Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church. 20Give 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. 21As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.… Cross References Sirach 33:18 See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline. Sirach 33:19 Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church. Sirach 33:21 As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee. Sirach 33:22 For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children. |