Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A man's wickedness is better than a woman's goodness; women bring shame and disgrace. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach. Sirach 42:12Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. Sirach 42:13 For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. 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. Sirach 42:16 The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work. Context Sirach 42…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. 15I 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.… Cross References Sirach 42:12 Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not among women. Sirach 42:13 For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man. 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. Sirach 42:16 The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work. |