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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 22
In 4 translations
- KJV
- I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.
- WEB
- I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend. I won’t hide myself from his face.
- DRC22:31
- I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it.
- LXXE
- I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him;
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Φίλον σκεπάσαι οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ κρυβῶ,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 22:31 in some Bibles
- 22:25 in most Bibles