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Sirach 40:21-23
Good News Translation
Sirach 40:21-23
Good News Translation
21 Flutes and harps make fine music, but a pleasant voice is better than either.
22 Gracefulness and beauty please the eye, but not as much as new growth in the spring.
23 You can't go wrong with a good friend or neighbor, but an intelligent wife is[a] better than either.
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- Sirach 40:23 Hebrew an intelligent wife is; Greek a wife and a husband are.
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