Sirach 3:5
Good News Translation
If you respect your father, one day your own children will make you happy; the Lord will hear your prayers.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who honor their father will have joy in their own children, and when they pray they will be heard.

Contemporary English Version
Honor your father-- then your own children will make you happy, and God will hear them when they pray.

New American Bible
Those who honor their father will have joy in their own children, and when they pray they are heard.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

Sirach 3:3
For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

Sirach 3:4
He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

Sirach 3:6
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

Sirach 3:7
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

Context
Sirach 3
4He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days. 5And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. 6He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.…
Cross References
Sirach 3:3
For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

Sirach 3:4
He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

Sirach 3:6
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

Sirach 3:7
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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