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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
- WEB
- Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?”
- DRC11:25
- Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
- LXXE
- Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ εἴπῃς, τίς ἐστί μου χρεία; καὶ τίνα ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἔσται μου τὰ ἀγαθά;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 11:25 in some Bibles
- 11:23 in most Bibles