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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.
- WEB
- Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High.
- DRC
- For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
- LXXE
- Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and give place to the law of the most High.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον σου πρινη ἀπειλῆσαι, καὶ δὸς τόπον νόμῳ ὑψίστου.