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Sirach 40:19-21
Good News Translation
Sirach 40:19-21
Good News Translation
19 Your name can be preserved if you have children or if you establish a city, but finding Wisdom is a better way.
Owning livestock and orchards will make you famous,[a] but it is better to have a wife you love.[b]
20 Wine and music can make you happy, but a happy marriage[c] is even better.
21 Flutes and harps make fine music, but a pleasant voice is better than either.
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- Sirach 40:19 Hebrew but finding Wisdom...famous; Greek does not have these words.
- Sirach 40:19 Hebrew wife you love; Greek blameless wife.
- Sirach 40:20 Hebrew a happy marriage; Greek the love of Wisdom.
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