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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
- WEB
- And if you have been forced to eat, rise up in the middle of it, and you shall have rest.
- DRC31:25
- And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.
- LXXE
- The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄρτος ἐπιδεομένων, ζωὴ πτωχῶν, ὁ ἀποστερῶν αὐτὴν ἄνθρωπος αἱμάτων.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 31:25 in some Bibles
- 31:21 in most Bibles