Sirach 10:1-5
Common English Bible
10 Wise judges will instruct their people,
and an intelligent person’s rule
will be orderly.
2 As the people’s judges are,
so will their officials be,
and as the ruler of a city is,
so also are all of its inhabitants.
3 An uneducated king will ruin his people,
and a city is founded
on the intelligence of its rulers.
4 Authority over the earth
belongs to the Lord,
and he will identify the person
who is right for the time.
5 A people’s success belongs to the Lord,
and he will give glory
to the legal expert.[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 10:5 Or he will glorify the scribe.
Sirach 10:1-5
Good News Translation
10 1 A wise ruler will educate his people, and his government will be orderly. 2 All the officials and all the citizens will be like their ruler. 3 An uneducated king will ruin his people, but a government will grow strong if its rulers are wise. 4 The Lord sees to the government of the world and brings the right person to power at the right time. 5 The success of that person is in the Lord's hands. The Lord is the source of the honor given to any official.
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Sirach 10:1-5
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
10 A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
2 As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
3 An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
4 The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
5 The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
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