Sirach 2:16
Print
Those who fear the Lord will try to please him, and those who love him will be fully occupied with observing the Law.
Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.
Those who fear and love the Lord will try to please him and devote themselves to the Law.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him; those who love him are filled with his law.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are steeped in his law.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are filled with his law.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are filled with his law.
Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are filled with his law.
Those who fear the Lord will seek his favor, and those who love him will be filled with his law.
Those who fear the Lord will seek his approval, and those who love him will be filled with the law.
Those who fear the Lord will seek his approval, and those who love him will be filled with the law.
They that dread the Lord, shall inquire (of) those things, that be well pleasant (or well-pleasing) to him; and they that love him, shall be filled with his law. [Who dread the Lord, shall inwardly seek, that be well-pleased things to him; and that love him, shall be full-filled with the law of him.]
Common English Bible (CEB) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible; Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA) Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?); Good News Translation (GNT) Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition) © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. For more information about GNT, visit www.bibles.com and www.gnt.bible.; New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE) Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. ; New Catholic Bible (NCB) Copyright © 2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE) New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.; Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.; Wycliffe Bible (WYC) 2001 by Terence P. Noble