Sirach 6:22
Good News Translation
"Discipline" means just that--discipline, and not many people are able to discipline themselves.

New Revised Standard Version
For wisdom is like her name; she is not readily perceived by many.

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom is hidden from most people, just as her name suggests.

New American Bible
For discipline is like her name, she is not accessible to many.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.

Sirach 6:20
For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.

Sirach 6:21
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.

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.

Sirach 6:24
Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.

Context
Sirach 6
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. 23For 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.…
Cross References
Sirach 6:20
For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.

Sirach 6:21
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.

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.

Sirach 6:24
Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:21
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