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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
- WEB
- The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.
- DRC11:29
- The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.
- LXXE
- The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κάκωσις ὥρας ἐπιλησμονὴν ποιεῖ τρυφῆς, καὶ ἐν συντελείᾳ ἀνθρώπου ἀποκάλυψις ἔργων αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 11:29 in some Bibles
- 11:27 in most Bibles