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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 23
In 4 translations
- KJV
- O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
- WEB
- O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them.
- DRC
- O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.
- LXXE
- O Lord, Father and Governor of my life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κύριε πάτερ καὶ δέσποτα ζωῆς μου, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με ἐν βουλῇ αὐτῶν, μὴ ἀφῇς με πεσεῖν ἐν αὐτοῖς.