Sirach 32:1
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If they have appointed you as the banquet leader, don’t think too much of yourself; behave toward them as if you were one of them. Take care of their needs and then sit down.
Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
If you are chosen to preside at a banquet, don't put on airs. Just be like everyone else. Look after the guests before you sit down.
If you are chosen to preside at a dinner, do not be puffed up, but with the guests be as one of them; Take care of them first and then sit down;
If you are chosen to preside at a banquet, do not become puffed up with your own importance; mingle with the guests as one of them. Do not sit down yourself until you have first taken care of them;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of their number. Take care of them first and then sit down;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of their number. Take care of them first and then sit down;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of their number. Take care of them first and then sit down;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of their number. Take care of them first and then sit down;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of them; take good care of them and then be seated;
If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of them; take good care of them and then be seated;
They have set thee a governor, do not thou be enhanced (or exalted); be thou among them as one of them. Have thou (the) care of them, and so behold thou; and when all thy care is filled, sit thou to meat [or (to) rest].
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