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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 12
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
- WEB
- A man’s friend won’t be fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.Or, punished
- DRC
- A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.
- LXXE
- A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἐκδικηθησεται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὁ φίλος, καὶ οὐ κρυβήσεται ἐν κακοῖς ὁ ἐχθρός.