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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
- WEB
- Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again.
- DRC
- Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
- LXXE
- Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔλεγξον τὸν φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ εἶπε, καὶ εἰ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ δευτερώσῃ.