Sirach 42:9–11

^9lThe father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth;

And the care for her taketh away sleep:

When she is young, lest she ^mpass away the flower of her age;

And being married, lest she should be hated;

¹⁰In her virginity, ⁿlest she should be defiled

And gotten with child in her father’s house;

And having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself;

And when she is married, lest she should be barren.

^11oKeep a sure watch over a shameless daughter,

Lest she make thee a laughing-stock to thine enemies,

And a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people,

And make thee ashamed before the multitude.