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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
- WEB
- Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish.
- DRC31:16
- Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion. Be not hasty in a feast.
- LXXE
- Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ φοβούμενος Κύριον οὐ μὴ εὐλαβηθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ δειλιάσῃ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:16-17 in some Bibles
- 31:14a in most Bibles
- 31:14b in most Bibles