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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 2
In 4 translations
- KJV
- My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
- WEB
- My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.
- DRC
- Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
- LXXE
- My son, if thou come to serve the Lord God, prepare thy soul for temptation.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τεκνὸν εἰ προσέρχῃ δουλεύειν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ, ἑτοίμασον τὴν ψυχήν σου εἰς πειρασμόν.