Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Her requirements are a burden heavier than they are willing to bear, and they quickly lay them aside. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. Sirach 6:19Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: Sirach 6:20 For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. Sirach 6:22 She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long. Sirach 6:23 For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many, but with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God. Context Sirach 6…20For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. 21How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. 22She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.… Cross References Sirach 6:19 Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: Sirach 6:20 For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. Sirach 6:22 She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long. Sirach 6:23 For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many, but with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God. |