Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Women hurt other women just as moths damage clothing. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. Sirach 42:11Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude. Sirach 42:12 Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. Sirach 42:14 For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. Sirach 42:15 I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works. Context Sirach 42…12Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. 13For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. 14For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.… Cross References Sirach 42:11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude. Sirach 42:12 Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. Sirach 42:14 For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. Sirach 42:15 I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works. |