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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man’s house.
- WEB
- Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
- DRC29:28
- Better is the poor man’s fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man’s house.
- LXXE
- Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κρείσσων βίος πτωχοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην δοκῶν, ἢ ἐδέσματα λαμπρὰ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοις.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:29 in some Bibles
- 29:22 in most Bibles