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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 27
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
- WEB
- Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare.
- DRC27:22
- Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
- LXXE
- Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ αὐτὸν διώξῃς, ὅτι μακρὰν ἀπέστῃ, καὶ ἐξέφυγεν ὡς δορκὰς ἐκ παγίδος.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:22 in some Bibles
- 27:20 in most Bibles