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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 19
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men’s lives; and if thou canst without offence, reveal them not.
- WEB
- Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.
- DRC
- Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
- LXXE
- Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst not without offence, reveal them not.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἐστί σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε.