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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 3
In 4 translations
- KJV
- My son, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as he liveth.
- WEB
- My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.
- DRC3:14
- Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;
- LXXE
- My son, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as he liveth.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τέκνον, ἀντιλαβοῦ ἐν γήρᾳ πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ λυπήσῃς αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 3:14 in some Bibles
- 3:12 in most Bibles