Sirach 9:4
Good News Translation
Don't keep company with female musicians; they will trick you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not dally with a singing girl, or you will be caught by her tricks.

Contemporary English Version
Do not spend too much time with a woman who sings to entertain men-- she can use many tricks to take control of you.

New American Bible
Do not dally with a singer, lest you be captivated by her charms.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.

Sirach 9:2
Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.

Sirach 9:3
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.

Sirach 9:5
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.

Sirach 9:6
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

Context
Sirach 9
3Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares. 4Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms. 5Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 9:2
Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.

Sirach 9:3
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.

Sirach 9:5
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.

Sirach 9:6
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 9:3
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