Sirach 7:27
Good News Translation
Honor your father with all your heart, and never forget how your mother suffered when you were born.

New Revised Standard Version
With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother.

Contemporary English Version
Honor your father with all your heart and remember that your birth gave your mother great pain.

New American Bible
With your whole heart honor your father; your mother’s birth pangs do not forget.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.

Sirach 7:25
Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.

Sirach 7:26
Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.

Sirach 7:28
If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,

Sirach 7:29
Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:

Context
Sirach 7
26Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. 27Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man. 28If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,…
Cross References
Sirach 7:25
Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.

Sirach 7:26
Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.

Sirach 7:28
If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,

Sirach 7:29
Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:26
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