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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 30
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.
- WEB
- Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
- DRC30:22
- Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.
- LXXE
- Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ δῷς εἰς λύπην τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ μὴ θλίψῃς σεαυτὸν ἐν βουλῇ σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 30:22 in some Bibles
- 30:21 in most Bibles