46 BrADLey C. GreGOry At the end of 10,13b (15), the Latin agrees with some Lucianic manuscripts in adding “and it will ruin them in the end” (et subvertet eos in finem) 21. The addition in the Lucianic manuscripts may have originated as a doublet of 10,13d; the Latin has possibly jumped from 10,13b to 10,13d. This emphasis on punishment corresponds to two additions in the surrounding context. in 10,10 (11) the Latin prefaces the observation that a king can die overnight, which implies a swift- ness of judgment, with the claim that “all power is short lived” (omnis potentatus brevis vita). Likewise, after the claim in 10,17 (20) that God has made some nations wither away and eradicated their memory from the earth, the Latin duplicates the second half of the verse but changes the referent to the proud: “God has destroyed the memory of the proud” (perdidit deus memoriam superborum) 22. Following this the Latin adds a contrasting statement: “and allows to remain the memory of the humble in mind” (et reliquit memoriam humilium sensu) 23. The overall effect of these changes in Sirach 10 is to heighten the importance of pride while also adding greater emphasis to the in- ability of the proud and powerful to escape divine judgment. For those who are arrogant, the loss of any lasting memory of their greatness would be a particularly acute and fitting punishment. in several places the Latin introduces pride into the thought of a passage. For example, in 4,9 the Greek exhorts the reader to deliver the wronged from the wrongdoer. However, in place of “wrongdoer” (avdikou/ntoj) the Latin has “the proud” (superbi), which implies that oppressors are prideful. Similarly, in 13,22 (26) the Greek notes that when a rich person speaks “improper things” (avpo,rrhta) others do not judge him negatively. The Latin translates “improper things” with “prideful things” (superba), which was likely prompted by the men- tion of the “humble person” in the immediate context. in relation to in Sirach 13 where a minority of manuscripts add to 13,7 (8) the admonition to be humble before God and to wait on God’s help (humiliare deo et expecta manu eius). See THieLe, Sirach, 419. 21 Z lacks this addition. See THieLe, Sirach, 370; cf. ZieGLer, Sirach, 170. 22 k: perdidit deus memoriam superborum; D: perdidit dominus memoriam superborum. See THieLe, Sirach, 373. 23 Similarly, D; strangely k inserts a negation: et non relinquit memoriam humilium. A minority of V manuscripts also attest a doublet involving pride in 21,4 (5). Prior to the claim that the house of the arrogant will be uprooted, some manuscripts read et domus quae nimie [or nimium or nimis] locuples est adnul- labitur superbia (“and the house which is excessively rich is desolated by pride”). See THieLe, Sirach, 586.