Sirach 3:6
Good News Translation
If you obey the Lord by honoring your father and making your mother happy, you will live a long life.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who respect their father will have long life, and those who honor their mother obey the Lord;

Contemporary English Version
If you want to live a long time, then you must obey the Lord by respecting your parents;

New American Bible
Those who respect their father will live a long life; those who obey the Lord honor their mother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Sirach 3:4
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 3:5
And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

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.

Sirach 3:8
He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.

Context
Sirach 3
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. 7He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.…
Cross References
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 3:5
And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

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.

Sirach 3:8
He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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