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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Leave off first for manners’ sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
- WEB
- Be first to stop for manners’ sake. Don’t be insatiable, lest you offend.
- DRC31:20
- Leave off first, for manners’ sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend.
- LXXE
- he raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- ἴασιν διδοὺς, ζωὴν καὶ εὐλογίαν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:20 in some Bibles
- 31:17 in most Bibles