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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 3

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 3:21

In 4 translations

KJV
Seek not out things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.
WEB
Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
DRC3:22
Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
LXXE
Seek not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Χαλέπωτερά σου μὴ ζήτει, καὶ ἰσχυρότερά σου μὴ ἐξέταζε,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 3:22 in some Bibles
  • 3:21 in most Bibles

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