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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
- WEB
- However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
- DRC29:11
- But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.
- LXXE
- Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πλὴν ἐπὶ ταπεινῷ μακροθύμησον, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ παρελκύσῃς αὐτόν·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:11 in some Bibles
- 29:8 in most Bibles