Sirach 36:26

26 A woman will accept any male as a husband, but some daughters are preferable to other ones.

Sirach 36:26 In-Context

24 As the palate tastes different types of game, so an intelligent mind tests false words.

25 A perverse heart will cause grief, but an experienced person will know how to give payback.

26 A woman will accept any male as a husband, but some daughters are preferable to other ones.

27 A woman's beauty brightens a man's face, and she surpasses a man's every desire.

28 If her speech is characterized by mercy and gentleness, her husband is unlike anyone else.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX lacks as a husband.