Ben Sira 16:21

21 If I sin and am secretly disloyal, nobody will know it.

Ben Sira 16:21 In-Context

19 The mountains will shake, and the foundations of the earth will shudder when he looks at them.

20 The Lord isn't going to give me a thought. Nobody cares what I do.

21 If I sin and am secretly disloyal, nobody will know it.

22 If I do what is right, nobody will tell the Lord about it. Who wants to wait for him, anyway? He is too slow in doing what he has said he would."

23 Only someone with very little sense, and foolishly misguided, would think things like that.

Footnotes

• [a] [Hebrew] +V20-21+WThe Lord . . . know it; [Greek] +V20+WIt is altogether too big for the human mind to handle. No one can understand his ways. +V21+WMost of his works are just as invisible as the storm wind.