Sirach 38:31-33

Common English Bible

³¹ All of these have relied on their hands,
    and each one is skilled in their work.
³² Without them a city can’t be inhabited,
    and they neither go abroad to live
    as immigrants nor travel about.
    However, they aren’t sought out
    when the people hold a council,
³³     and they won’t gain prominence
    in the assembly.
    They won’t sit in the judge’s seat,
        and they won’t understand
        the disposition of a legal case.
    They will never shed light
    on instruction and judgment,
        and their words
        won’t be memorialized in proverbs.^[a]