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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.
- WEB
- There is a gift that will not profit you; and there is a gift that pays back double.
- DRC
- There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is double.
- LXXE
- There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔστι δόσις ἣ οὐ λυσιτελήσει σοι, καὶ ἔστι δόσις ἧς τὸ ἀνταπόδομα διπλοῦν.