The wisdom of ben Sirach.

Counted among the apocrypha.


Attributed author(s).
Ben Sirach.

Text(s) available.
None on site.
Swete LXX (Greek only).
HTML Bible: Wisdom of Sirach 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 (Latin Vulgate only).
Humanities Text Initiative: Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach (English only).
Kata Pi LXX: Ecclesiasticus 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 (Greek and English).
Sacred Texts: Wisdom of ben Sira 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 (polyglot).

Useful links.
Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Ecclesiasticus and the apocryphal books in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Ecclesiasticus at Kata Pi (Oesterly and Robinson).

The wisdom of Sirach is counted among the apocryphal books of the Old Testament.

The book is not extant among the Hebrew scriptures, but rather in the Septuagint, abbreviated LXX. It is also entitled the book of ben Sira, the book of Jesus son of Sirach, and Ecclesiasticus.