Sirach 42:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Keep a close watch over a self-indulgent daughter. Otherwise, at some time, she might bring you into disgrace before your enemies, and into disrepute in the city, and into reproach among the people, and so she may confound you before the multitude of the people.

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Common English Bible

¹¹ Keep a strict watch over an unruly daughter so that she doesn’t make you an object of ridicule to your enemies, a topic of talk in the city and the assembly of the people, and she shame you before the crowd.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at any time she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude.

Good News Translation (US Version)

¹¹ Keep a close watch over your daughter if she is determined to have her own way. If you don't, she may make a fool of you in front of your enemies. You will be a constant joke to everyone in town, a public disgrace. Make sure that her room has no windows or any place where she can look out to the entrance of the house.

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

¹¹ Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and shame you in public.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

¹¹ If your daughter always wants her own way, watch her closely, or she may embarrass you. Your enemies will laugh, and everyone in town will talk about it. Don't let her bedroom window look down on the front door, and a room without a window is even better.

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