THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims

Notes on Ecclesiasticus (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))

36:23 A woman will receive every man: That is, any man that her parents propose to her to marry, though she does not like him, but marries in obedience to her parents, who make the choice for her.

Original Douay-Rheims from Project Gutenberg - Massive cleanup of OCR problems and editing done locally.