Sirach 25:18
Good News Translation
Her husband has to go and eat with the neighbors, where he can't hold back his bitter sighs.

New Revised Standard Version
Her husband sits among the neighbors, and he cannot help sighing bitterly.

Contemporary English Version
Her husband is depressed, sighing bitterly even among his friends.

New American Bible
When her husband sits among his neighbors, a bitter sigh escapes him unawares.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:19
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sirach 25:20
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:

Context
Sirach 25
17The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. 18And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart: 19And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:…
Cross References
Sirach 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:19
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sirach 25:20
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:17
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