Ben Sira 3:21-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
21 What is too sublime for you, do not seek;
do not reach into things that are hidden from you.(A)
22 What is committed to you, pay heed to;
what is hidden is not your concern.
Sirach 3:21-22
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
21 Neither seek what is too difficult for you,
nor investigate what is beyond your power.
22 Reflect upon what you have been commanded,
for what is hidden is not your concern.
Sirach 3:21-22
Good News Translation
21 Don't try to understand things that are too hard for you, or investigate matters that are beyond your power to know. 22 (A)Concentrate on the Law, which has been given to you. You do not need to know about things which the Lord has not revealed,
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Sirach 3:21-22
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
21 For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.
22 Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
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