Sirach 42:4
Good News Translation
using accurate weights and measures,

New Revised Standard Version
of accuracy with scales and weights, and of acquiring much or little;

Contemporary English Version
if you have accurate scales for weighing what you buy and sell; if you buy much or little,

New American Bible
Of accuracy of scales and balances, of tested measures and weights; Of acquiring much or little,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:

Sirach 42:2
Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:

Sirach 42:3
Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:

Sirach 42:5
Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.

Sirach 42:6
Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.

Context
Sirach 42
3Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends: 4Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little: 5Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.…
Cross References
Sirach 42:2
Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:

Sirach 42:3
Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:

Sirach 42:5
Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.

Sirach 42:6
Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 42:3
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