Sirach 7:22
Good News Translation
Take good care of any animals you own. If they make money for you, keep them.

New Revised Standard Version
Do you have cattle? Look after them; if they are profitable to you, keep them.

Contemporary English Version
If you have cattle, give them good care and keep them as long as they bring you a profit.

New American Bible
Do you have livestock? Look after them; if they are dependable, keep them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.

Sirach 7:20
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.

Sirach 7:23
Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.

Sirach 7:24
Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.

Context
Sirach 7
21Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold. 22Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. 23Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:20
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.

Sirach 7:23
Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.

Sirach 7:24
Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:21
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