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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 2
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
- WEB
- Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end.
- DRC
- Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
- LXXE
- Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κολλήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς, ἵνα αὐξηθῇς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου.