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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 29
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Help the poor for the commandment’s sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
- WEB
- Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
- DRC29:12
- Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.
- LXXE
- Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Χάριν ἐντολῆς ἀντιλαβοῦ πένητος, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς αὐτὸν κενόν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 29:12 in some Bibles
- 29:9 in most Bibles