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Sirach 16:2-4
Common English Bible
Sirach 16:2-4
Common English Bible
2 If they have children,
don’t rejoice over them
unless they respect the Lord.
3 Don’t be confident that they will live,
and don’t rely on their great number.[a]
One is better than a thousand,
and it’s better to die childless
than to have ungodly children.
4 A city will be populated
through one intelligent person,
but a tribe of lawless people
can transform it into a desert.
Footnotes
- Sirach 16:3 LXXb adds You will lament in untimely mourning; you will suddenly learn of their end.
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