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Sirach · Brenton's English Septuagint

Sirach 5 Brenton's English Septuagint

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About Brenton
  • Individual translator
  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1844
  • Public domain
Notes on this text (2)

Sirach is not in RV1909.

Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Set not thy heart upon thy goods; and say not, I have enough for my life.
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2 Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart:
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3 and say not, Who shall control me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
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4 Say not, I have sinned, and what harm hath happened unto me? for the Lord is longsuffering, he will in no wise let thee go.
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5 Concerning propitiation, be not without fear to add sin unto sin:
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6 and say not, His mercy is great; he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners.
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7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day: for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance.
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8 Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten; for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
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9 Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.
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10 Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.
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11 Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer.
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12 If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
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13 Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
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14 Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
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15 Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 5:7 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXVII)

    … despaired wrongly, and were lost in their despair, and called them back to hope; so doth He go forth to these also who would perish through an evil hope; and by another book He saith to them, "Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord." As He had said to the others, "In whatsoever day a man shall turn from …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)