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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 3
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He that feareth the Lord will honour his father, and will do service unto his parents, as to his masters.
- WEB
- and will serve under his parents, as to masters.Some manuscripts add those who fear the Lord honor their father,
- DRC3:8
- He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.
- LXXE
- and will do service unto his parents, as to his masters.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ὡς δεσπόταις δουλεύσει ἐν τοῖς γεννήσασιν αὐτόν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 3:8 in some Bibles
- 3:7 in most Bibles