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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again
- WEB
- As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again.
- DRC27:21
- And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
- LXXE
- As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ὡς πετεινὸν ἐκ χειρός σου ἀπελύσας, οὕτως ἀφῆκας τὸν πλησίον, καὶ οὐ θηρεύσεις αὐτόν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:21 in some Bibles
- 27:19 in most Bibles