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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
- WEB
- And if you sit among many, Don’t reach out your hand before them.
- DRC31:21
- And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all: and be not the first to ask for drink.
- LXXE
- He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Θυσιάζων ἐξ ἀδίκου, προσφορὰ μεμωκημένη, καὶ οὐκ εἰς εὐδοκίαν μωκήματα ἀνόμων.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:21 in some Bibles
- 31:18 in most Bibles