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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 16
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
- WEB
- Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
- DRC15:22
- For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.
- LXXE
- Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἐπιθύμει τέκνων πλῆθος ἀχρήστων, μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ υἱοῖς ἀσεβέσιν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 15:22 in some Bibles
- 16:1 in most Bibles