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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
- WEB
- There is one who toils, labors, and hurries, and is even more behind.
- DRC
- There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
- LXXE
- There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔστι κοπιῶν καὶ πονῶν καὶ σπεύδων, καὶ τόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑστερεῖται.