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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
- WEB
- Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point.
- DRC31:18
- Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself.
- LXXE
- Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Φοβουμένου τὸν Κύριον μακαρία ἡ ψυχή· τίνι ἐπέχει, καὶ τίς ἀντιστήριγμα αὐτοῦ;
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:18 in some Bibles
- 31:15 in most Bibles