Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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 15:3With 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. 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. |