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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 29:17

In 4 translations

KJV
And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him in danger that delivered him.
WEB
He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
DRC29:20
The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety. A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
LXXE
and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] that delivered him.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
καὶ ἀχάριστος ἐν διανοίᾳ ἐγκαταλείψει ῥυσάμενον.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 29:21-22 in some Bibles
  • 29:17a in most Bibles
  • 29:17b in most Bibles

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