Sirach 4:12
Good News Translation
Loving her is loving life itself; rising early to look for her is pure joy.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her from early morning are filled with joy.

Contemporary English Version
If you love life and want to find happiness, love Wisdom enough to get up early and study.

New American Bible
Those who love her love life; those who seek her out win the LORD’s favor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.

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Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.

Sirach 4:10
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.

Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

Sirach 4:13
And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

Sirach 4:14
They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.

Context
Sirach 4
11And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. 12Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice. 13And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:10
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.

Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

Sirach 4:13
And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

Sirach 4:14
They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:11
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