Sirach 42:14 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.

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Common English Bible

¹⁴ A man’s wickedness is better than a woman who does good and a disgraced woman who brings shame.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Yet iniquity over a man is better for her than if a married woman, seeking to benefit her, instead leads her into confusion and disgrace.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹⁴ A man's wickedness is better than a woman's goodness; women bring shame and disgrace.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

¹⁴ Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹⁴ Women are the cause of so much disgrace, that the wrong things men do are better than the good done by women.

Sirach 42:14 Tagairtí Cros