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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 12
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
- WEB
- No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms.
- DRC
- For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
- LXXE
- There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὰ τῷ ἐνελεχίζοντι εἰς κακὰ, καὶ τῷ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ χαριζομένῳ.