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Sirach 38

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¹Honor a physician with the honor due to him for the uses which you⌃ may have of him: for the Lord has created him.

¹Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.

²For of the most High comes healing, and he shall receive honor of the king.

²For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.

³The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.

⁴The Lord has created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.

⁴The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.

⁵Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?

⁶And he has given men skill, that he might be honored in his marvelous works.

⁶And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.

⁷With such does he heal [men,] and takes away their pains.

⁷With such doth he heal men, and taketh away their pains.

⁸Of such does the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,

⁸Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,

⁹My son, in your sickness be not negligent: but pray to the Lord, and he will make you whole.

⁹My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.

¹⁰Leave off from sin, and order your hands aright, and cleanse your heart from all wickedness.

¹⁰Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.

¹¹Give a sweet savor, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.

¹¹Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.

¹²Then give place to the physician, for the Lord has created him: let him not go from you, for you have need of him.

¹²Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.

¹³There is a time when in their hands there is good success.

¹⁴For they shall also pray to the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.

¹⁴For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.

¹⁵He that sins before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.

¹⁵He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.

¹⁶My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if you had suffered great harm yourself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.

¹⁶My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.

¹⁷Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest you be evil spoken of: and then comfort yourself for your heaviness.

¹⁷Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.

¹⁸For of heaviness comes death, and the heaviness of the heart breaks strength.

¹⁸For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.

¹⁹In affliction also sorrow remains: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.

¹⁹In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.

²⁰Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and member the last end.

²¹Forget it not, for there is no turning again: you shall not do him good, but hurt yourself.

²¹Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.

²²Remember my judgment: for your also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for you.

²²Remember my judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.

²³When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him.

²⁴The wisdom of a learned man comes by opportunity of leisure: and he that has little business shall become wise.

²⁴The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.

²⁵How can he get wisdom that holds the plow, and that glories in the goad, that drives oxen, and is occupied in their labors, and whose talk is of bullocks?

²⁵How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?

²⁶He gives his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.

²⁶He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.

²⁷So every carpenter and workmaster, that labores night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:

²⁷So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:

²⁸The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapor of the fire wastes his flesh, and he fights with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he makes; he sets his mind to finish his work, and watches to polish it perfectly:

²⁸The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:

²⁹So does the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and makes all his work by number;

²⁹So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;

³⁰He fashions the clay with his arm, and bows down his strength before his feet; he applies himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:

³⁰He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:

³¹All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work.

³²Without these can’t a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:

³²Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:

³³They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they can’t declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.

³³They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges’ seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.

³⁴But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.

³⁴But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their craft.