Sirach 3:22-24

Good News Translation

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, ²³so don't concern yourself with them. After all, what has been shown to you is beyond human power to understand. ²⁴Many people have been misled by their own opinions; their wrong ideas have warped their judgment.^[a]

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Footnotes

Sirach 3:24 Some Greek manuscripts add verse 25: If you have no eyes, you cannot see; don't claim to have knowledge if you don't have it; Hebrew has, after verse 27: If you have no eyes, you cannot see; if you have no knowledge, you cannot have Wisdom.