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Sirach 42:7-9
Common English Bible
Sirach 42:7-9
Common English Bible
7 Whatever you deposit,
whether by number and weight,
and whatever you give or receive,
put everything in writing.
8 Don’t be ashamed of discipline
for the stupid and foolish
and for the old codger
who is guilty of sexual immorality.
Then you will have been truly educated
and approved by everyone alive.
On daughters
9 A daughter is a hidden source
of sleeplessness for her father,
and anxiety about her deprives him
of sleep:
in her youth, that she doesn’t pass
her prime,
and when she’s married,
that she not be hated;
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