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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 18
In 4 translations
- KJV
- My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.
- WEB
- My son, don’t add reproach to your good deeds, and no harsh words in any of your giving.
- DRC
- My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.
- LXXE
- My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τέκνον, ἐν ἀγαθοῖς μὴ δῷς μῶμον, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ δόσει λύπην λόγων.