Sirach 15:5
Good News Translation
She will make you more honored than all your neighbors; when you speak in the assembly, she will give you the right words.

New Revised Standard Version
She will exalt him above his neighbors, and will open his mouth in the midst of the assembly.

Contemporary English Version
She will tell you what to say, and you will be honored because of your wise speeches in town meetings.

New American Bible
She will exalt him above his neighbors, and in the assembly she will make him eloquent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Sirach 15:3
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 15:4
And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.

Sirach 15:6
She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

Sirach 15:7
But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.

Context
Sirach 15
4And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. 5And 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. 6She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.…
Cross References
Sirach 15:3
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 15:4
And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.

Sirach 15:6
She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

Sirach 15:7
But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 15:4
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