Questions tagged [sirach]
The Book of Sirach (also known as the Wisdom of Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, or Siracides) is part of the Catholic and Orthodox canon and regarded as apocryphal by Protestants.
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Sirach: How does indulging in lust make you the laughingstock of your enemies?
Sexual acts are done in private, behind closed doors.
So how would a person's enemies be able to find out and then laugh at the person later when the person is committing sexual immoralities in ...
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What is the meaning of Sirach 50:25-26
25 There be two manner of nations which my heart abhorreth, and the third is no nation: 26 They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell among the Philistines, and that foolish ...
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Is Jude 5 referring to Sirach 46:1? (Ιησους vs. Κυριος resolved?)
I remember reading recently a question about the textual-critical issue of, 'Who saved the people, Jesus or the Lord?' (in regards to the fifth verse of Jude's Epistle):
If Jude 5 says "Lord&...
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How best to translate the Hebrew of Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 13:26?
I am wondering how to understand the Hebrew text of Sirach 13:26, which, according to this page, is (the second line):
לב אנוש ישנא פניו אם לטוב ואם לרע׃
עקבת לב טוב פנים אורים ושיג ישיח מחשבת עמל׃
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Who is the father of Jesus Sirach?
Looking at different translations of Sirach 50:27, some read
Jesus son of Eleazar son of Sirach
While others read
Jesus, Sirach’s son and grandson of Eleazar
The former suggests that Jesus is ...
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Is there an extant source for Jerome's version of Ecclesiasticus 24:25?
Vulgate Ecclesiaticus (חכמת ישוע בן סירא/Σοφία Ἰησοῦ ϒἱοῦ Σιράχ/Sirach) 24:1-30 reads as follows (for the sake of the reader, and of the question, the Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation thereof will ...
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Does 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 contain an allusion to Sirach 35:10-13?
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 reads (ESV):
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in ...
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In Sirach 51:10, who is "[the] lord" and who is "[the] father of my lord"?
Brenton translates:
Sir 51:10 I called upon [the] Lord, [the] Father of my Lord, that he
would not leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the
proud, when there was no help.
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Is κεχαριτωμένος synonymous with δεδικαιωμένος?
Jerome translated "ἀνδρὶ κεχαριτωμένῳ" (a man who has been graced) as "homine iustificato" (justified man). Is κεχαριτωμένος synonymous with δεδικαιωμένος?
οὐκ ἰδοὺ λόγος ὑπὲρ δόμα ἀγαθόν; καὶ ...
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Does Sirach have a verse 42:31?
Hebrew Wikisource has the following for Sirach/Ecclesiasticus/Ben-Sira Chapter 42 Verse 31:
לָשֵׂאת לֶקַח מֵחֲכָמִים וְלִשְׁמוֹעַ אֱמֶת מִפִּי אוֹמְרָהּ
To take good messages from wise ones and ...
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Is Colossians 1:17 an allusion to Sirach 43:26?
Sirach 43:26 (KJV) “By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.”
Colossians 1:17 (KJV) “And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
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How should Sirach 3:17 be translated?
Here are four alternate translations for Sirach (Ecclesiasticus / Wisdom of Joshua Ben Sira) 3:17 --
My son, perform your tasks in meekness; then you will be loved by
those whom God accepts (...
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