Sirach 15:3
Good News Translation
She will give you wisdom and knowledge like food and drink.

New Revised Standard Version
She will feed him with the bread of learning, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.

Contemporary English Version
And instead of something to eat and drink, she will give you wisdom and understanding.

New American Bible
She will feed him with the bread of learning, and give him the water of understanding to drink.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved.

Sirach 15:1
He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,

Sirach 15:2
And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin.

Sirach 15:4
And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.

Sirach 15:5
And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.

Context
Sirach 15
2And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. 3With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. 4And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.…
Cross References
Sirach 15:1
He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,

Sirach 15:2
And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin.

Sirach 15:4
And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.

Sirach 15:5
And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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