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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:16

In 4 translations

KJV
Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.
WEB
Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hated.
DRC31:19
Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated.
LXXE
For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling;

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὸν, ὑπερασπισμὸς δυναστείας καὶ στήριγμα ἰσχύος, σκέπη ἀπὸ καύσωνος καὶ σκέπη ἀπὸ μεσημβρίας, φυλακὴ ἀπὸ προσκόμματος καὶ βοήθεια ἀπὸ πτώματος, ἀνυψῶν ψυχὴν καὶ φωτίζων ὀφθαλμοὺς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 31:19 in some Bibles
  • 31:16 in most Bibles

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