Translation commentary on Sirach 37:28

For not everything is good for every one, and not every person enjoys everything: People are different as to what kind of food agrees with them and as to what kind of food they like. In English idiom, food that agrees with a person is food that does not make that person sick. A possible alternative model is:

• Some food will make you feel sick. No one likes every kind of food.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Sirach. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.

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