50 BrADLey C. GreGOry well. in the first colon the Greek’s admonition for the student not to give himself to prostitutes is qualified with “at all” (in nullo). in the parallel line, 9,6b, the consequence for such sin is heightened as well; the warning that such behavior will destroy the student’s inheritance is expanded by the Latin to include the destruction of the person as well as his inheritance (ne perdas te et hereditatem tuam) 36. The most conspicuous addition to 9,1-9 (1-12), however, occurs in 9,8-9 (8-12). The Greek of 9,8c-9b reads, “By the beauty of a woman many are led astray; and from this desire flares up like fire. // Do not sit with a married woman at all (or ‘together’); and do not par- ticipate with her in banquets involving wine”. However, the Latin in- cludes a long addition (= 9,10-11) between these two bicola: “every woman who is a prostitute will be trampled as excrement on the road. By admiring the beauty of another’s wife many have become repro- bate, for her conversation ignites like fire” (omnis mulier quae est fornicaria quasi stercus in via conculcatur speciem mulieris alienae multi admirati reprobi facti sunt conloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit) 37. Based on the wording this addition appears to have been generated from the reference to a woman’s beauty in v. 8c (cf. 25,21 [28]), the temptation of another’s wife in v. 9a, and the reference to lust as burning like fire in v. 8d. The disparaging comment about a prostitute is vaguely similar to the sentiment of 26,22a, which is part of a long addition in Grii. it should be noted that the Latin contains an absolutizing dimension with “every” (omnis), a common tendency in the additions. in sum, the alterations to 9,1-9 (1-12) by the Latin show an increased concern for the danger of lust and the need for increased vigilance in self-control. Similar concerns emerge in the changes to 23,16-27 (21-38) in the Latin. This passage, which closes the first half of the book, discusses the danger of passion and the correspondingly severe divine judgment on sexual immorality. The Latin version alters this passage in four ways. First, three additions strengthen the idea that even though sexual sin is done in private, it cannot escape the notice of God. A substantial addition at the beginning of 23,19 (27) claims that the sinner’s fear blinds him to the reality that God sees everything (+ et non intelligent 36 So also D. See THieLe, Sirach, 343. 37 This addition is also attested in D but with some minor variations: omnis mulier quae est varia quasi stercus in via conculcatur speciem alienae mulieris multi mirati reprobate sunt conloquium enim eius quasi ignis exardet. See THieLe, Sirach, 345-346.