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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 16
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.
- WEB
- The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
- DRC16:14
- The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.
- LXXE
- The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Οὐκ ἐκφεύξεται ἐν ἁρπάγμασιν ἁμαρτωλὸς, καὶ οὐ μὴ καθυστερήσει ὑπομονὴν εὐσεβοῦς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 16:14 in some Bibles
- 16:13 in most Bibles