Sirach · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Sirach 26 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
Sirach is not in RV1909.
1 Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, For the number of his days shall be double.
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2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, And he shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.
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3 A good wife is a good portion, Which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.
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4 Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, He shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.
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5 There be three things that my heart feareth; And for the fourth I was sore afraid: The slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, And a false accusation: all these are worse than death.
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6 But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, And a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
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7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: He that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
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8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, And she will not cover her own shame.
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9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.
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10 If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, Lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
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11 Watch over an impudent eye: And marvel not if she trespass against thee.
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12 She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveler when he hath found a fountain, And drink of every water near her: By every hedge will she sit down, And open her quiver against every arrow.
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13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, And her discretion will fatten his bones.
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14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; And there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.
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15 A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, And her continent mind cannot be valued.
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16 As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; So is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.
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17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick: So is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
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18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; So are the fair feet with a constant heart.
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28 There be two things that grieve my heart; And the third maketh me angry: A man of war that suffereth poverty; And men of understanding that are not set by: And one that returneth from righteousness to sin; The Lord prepareth such a one for the sword.
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29 A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; And a huckster shall not be freed from sin.
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