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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 13
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
- WEB
- Riches are good if they have no sin. Poverty is evil only in the opinion of the ungodly.
- DRC13:30
- Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
- LXXE
- Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀγαθὸς ὁ πλοῦτος ᾧ μὴ ἔστιν ἁμαρτία, καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ πτωχεία ἐν στόμασιν ἀσεβοῦς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 13:30 in some Bibles
- 13:24 in most Bibles