Sirach 25:6
Good News Translation
Elderly people wear the crown of long experience, and they can boast of nothing finer than their fear of the Lord.

New Revised Standard Version
Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
They have seen so many things, but they only boast that they fear the Lord.

New American Bible
The crown of the elderly, wide experience; their glory, the fear of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!

Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.

Sirach 25:5
The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?

Sirach 25:7
O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!

Sirach 25:8
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.

Context
Sirach 25
5The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age? 6O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel! 7O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!…
Cross References
Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.

Sirach 25:5
The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?

Sirach 25:7
O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!

Sirach 25:8
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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