Sirach 13:8
Good News Translation
Be careful not to be misled; you can be enjoying yourself and suddenly find yourself humiliated.

New Revised Standard Version
Take care not to be led astray and humiliated when you are enjoying yourself.

Contemporary English Version
So be smart and careful, not deceived and humiliated.

New American Bible
Be on guard: do not act too boldly; do not be like those who lack sense.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.

Sirach 13:6
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.

Sirach 13:7
If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?

Sirach 13:9
Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.

Sirach 13:10
Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.

Context
Sirach 13
7If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? 8And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. 9Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:6
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.

Sirach 13:7
If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?

Sirach 13:9
Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.

Sirach 13:10
Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled.



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