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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
- WEB
- It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
- DRC29:30
- It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger, he shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.
- LXXE
- for it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ζωὴ πονηρὰ ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν, καὶ οὗ παροικήσει, οὐκ ἀνοίξει στόμα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:31 in some Bibles
- 29:24 in most Bibles