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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 30
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
- WEB
- Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time.
- DRC30:26
- Envy and anger shorten a man’s days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.
- LXXE
- Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ζῆλος καὶ θυμὸς ἐλαττοῦσιν ἡμέρας, καὶ πρὸ καιροῦ γῆρας ἄγει μέριμνα.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 30:26 in some Bibles
- 30:24 in most Bibles