Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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 35:13For 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. |