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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.
- WEB
- “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
- DRC29:33
- Give place to the honourable presence of my friends: for I want my house, my brother being to be lodged with me.
- LXXE
- Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ἔξελθε πάροικε ἀπὸ προσώπου δόξης, ἐπεξένωταί μοι ὁ ἀδελφὸς, χρεία τῆς οἰκίας.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:34 in some Bibles
- 29:27 in most Bibles