Sirach 13:2
Good News Translation
Don't try to lift something too heavy for you, and don't keep company with people who are richer and more powerful than you. You cannot keep a clay pot next to an iron kettle; the pot will break if it hits the kettle.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not lift a weight too heavy for you, or associate with one mightier and richer than you. How can the clay pot associate with the iron kettle? The pot will strike against it and be smashed.

Contemporary English Version
And watch out if your friends are rich and powerful. You cannot match their strength, and you might be crushed, just like a clay jar struck by an iron pan.

New American Bible
Do not lift a weight too heavy for you, or associate with anyone wealthier than you. How can the clay pot go with the metal cauldron? When they knock together, the pot will be smashed:

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.

Sirach 12:19
He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

Sirach 13:1
He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.

Sirach 13:3
What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.

Sirach 13:4
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.

Context
Sirach 13
1He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride. 2He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself. 3What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.…
Cross References
Sirach 12:19
He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

Sirach 13:1
He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.

Sirach 13:3
What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.

Sirach 13:4
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:1
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