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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 11
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.
- WEB
- Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man.
- DRC11:31
- Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful.
- LXXE
- Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ πάντα ἄνθρωπον εἴσαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου, πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ ἔνεδρα τοῦ δολίου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 11:31 in some Bibles
- 11:29 in most Bibles