Sirach 2 Comparison: Catholic Public Domain vs KJV with Apocrypha
Sirach 2
1Son, when you apply yourself to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare your soul for temptation.
2Humble your heart, and persevere. Incline your ear, and accept words of understanding. And you should not hurry away in the time of distress.
3Endure steadfastly for God. Join yourself to God, and persevere, so that your life may increase in the very end.
4Accept everything that will happen to you, and persevere in your sorrow, and have patience in your humiliation.
5For gold and silver are tested in fire, yet truly, acceptable men are tested in the furnace of humiliation.
6Believe God, and he will restore you to health. And straighten your way, and hope in him. Observe his fear, and grow old in it.
7You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. And do not turn away from him, lest you fall.
8You who fear the Lord, believe in him. And your reward will not be taken away.
9You who fear the Lord, hope in him. And mercy will approach you, to your delight.
10You who fear the Lord, love him. And your hearts will be illuminated.
11My sons, consider the nations of men, and know that not one of them hoped in the Lord and was confounded.
12For who has remained in his commandment and been abandoned? Or who has called upon him, and yet he despised him?
13For God is upright and merciful, and he will forgive sins in the day of tribulation. And he is the Protector to all those who seek him in truth.
14Woe to the duplicitous heart, and to the wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner who walks the earth by two ways!
15Woe to the dissolute in heart, who do not trust God! For, as a result, they will not be protected by him.
16Woe to those who have lost endurance, and who have abandoned upright ways, and who have turned aside to depraved ways!
17And what will they do when the Lord begins to examine them?
18Those who fear the Lord will not be unbelieving toward his Word. And those who love him will keep to his way.
19Those who fear the Lord will seek the things that are well-pleasing to him. And those who love him will be filled with his law.
20Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and they will sanctify their souls in his sight.
21Those who fear the Lord keep his commandments, and they will have patience even until his examination,
22saying: “If we do not do penance, then we will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.”
23For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.
Sirach 2
1My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
2Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
3Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
4Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
5For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
6Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
7Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
8Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
9Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
10Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
11For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
12Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
13Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
14Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
15They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
16They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
17They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
18Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Understanding Catholic Public Domain vs KJV with Apocrypha in Sirach 2
Catholic Public Domain (CPDV)
Modern Catholic translation in the public domain with deuterocanonical books. Clear, contemporary English while preserving a formal tone. A strong option for Catholic reading plans and study.
KJV with Apocrypha (KJVA)
The complete King James Version (1611) including the 14 Apocrypha books interlaced between the Old and New Testaments. Essential for studying the text as it was originally published and for exploring deuterocanonical literature.
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Key Comparison: Sirach 2:16
"Woe to those who have lost endurance, and who have abandoned upright ways, and who have turned aside to depraved ways!"
"They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law."
