Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 42:10

ἐν παρθενίᾳ μήποτε βεβηλωθῇ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πατρικοῖς αὐτῆς ἔγκυος γένηται· μετὰ ἀνδρὸς οὖσα μήποτε παραβῇ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα, μήποτε στειρωθῇ.
King James Version (KJV)

In her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child in her father's house; and having an husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.

Modern English

anxious while unmarried, that she be seduced or become pregnant in her father's house; anxious once she has a husband, that she misbehave; and anxious even after marriage, that she prove barren.

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