Sirach 25:16-18

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The Evil of a Wicked Woman

¹⁶I would rather live with a lion and a dragon
    than live with an evil woman.
¹⁷A woman’s wickedness changes her appearance,
    and darkens her face like that of a bear.
¹⁸Her husband sits^[a] among the neighbours,
    and he cannot help sighing^[b] bitterly.

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Footnotes

Sirach 25:18 Heb Syr: Gk loses heart
Sirach 25:18 Other ancient authorities read and listening he sighs

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