Sirach 4:22
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CEB
Don’t show partiality to your own hurt, and don’t show respect to your own downfall.
DRA
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
GNT
Do not let others have their way at your expense; do not bring on your own ruin by giving up your rights.
NABRE
Show no favoritism to your own discredit; let no one intimidate you to your own downfall.
NCB
Do not be the cause of your own downfall by showing favoritism, or incur ruin by your deference to others.
NRSVA
Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
NRSVACE
Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
NRSVCE
Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
NRSVUE
Do not show partiality to your own harm or deference to your downfall.
RSV
Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
RSVCE
Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
WYC
Take thou not a face against thy face, that is, against thy soul, neither a leasing (or a lie) against thy soul.
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