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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 20
In 4 translations
- KJV
- There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.
- WEB20:21
- There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack. When he rests, he will not be troubled.
- DRC20:23
- There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.
- LXXE20:21
- There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br20:21
- Ἔστι κωλυόμενος ἁμαρτάνειν ἀπὸ ἐνδείας, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀναπαύσει αὐτοῦ οὐ κατανυγήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 20:24 in some Bibles
- 20:22 in most Bibles