Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 42:9

Θυγάτηρ πατρὶ ἀπόκρυφος ἀγρυπνία, καὶ ἡ μέριμνα αὐτῆς ἀφιστᾷ ὕπνον· ἐν νεότητι αὐτῆς μήποτε παρακμάσῃ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα μήποτε μισηθῇ·
King James Version (KJV)

The father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth; and the care for her taketh away sleep: when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age; and being married, lest she should be hated;

Modern English

A father loses sleep worrying over a daughter, unnoticed by anyone — anxious that she pass through her youth unspoiled, or that once married she may be resented;

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