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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 10
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
- WEB
- Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress.
- DRC10:29
- Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress:
- LXXE
- Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ σοφίζου ποιῆσαι τὸ ἔργον σου, καὶ μὴ δοξάζου ἐν καιρῷ στενοχωρίας σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 10:29 in some Bibles
- 10:26 in most Bibles