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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 30
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
- WEB
- Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
- DRC
- Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils.
- LXXE
- Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Κρείσσων πτωχὸς ὑγιὴς καὶ ἰσχύων τῇ ἕξει, ἢ πλούσιος μεμαστιγωμένος εἰς σῶμα αὐτοῦ.