Sirach 35:15
Good News Translation
The tears running down a widow's cheek cry out in accusation against the one who has caused her distress.

New Revised Standard Version
and do not rely on a dishonest sacrifice; for the Lord is the judge, and with him there is no partiality.

Contemporary English Version
and he won't accept as a gift what you get by cheating. The Lord is a judge who doesn't take sides,

New American Bible
Do not trust in sacrifice of the fruits of extortion, For he is a God of justice, who shows no partiality.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.

Sirach 35:13
For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.

Sirach 35:14
Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.

Sirach 35:16
The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.

Sirach 35:17
He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.

Context
Sirach 35
14Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive. 15And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person. 16The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.…
Cross References
Sirach 35:13
For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.

Sirach 35:14
Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.

Sirach 35:16
The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.

Sirach 35:17
He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless: nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 35:14
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