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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.
- WEB
- A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him.
- DRC29:17
- It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
- LXXE
- An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐγγυήσεται τὸν πλησίον, καὶ ὁ ἀπολωλεκὼς αἰσχύνην καταλείψει αὐτόν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:18 in some Bibles
- 29:14 in most Bibles