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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
- WEB
- The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.”
- DRC20:17
- A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.
- LXXE
- The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μωρὸς ἐρεῖ, οὐχ ὑπάρχει μοι φίλος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι χάρις τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς μου· οἱ ἔσθοντες τὸν ἄρτον μου, φαῦλοι γλώσσῃ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:17 in some Bibles
- 20:16-17 in most Bibles
- 20:16 in most Bibles