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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:31

In 3 translations

KJV
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him to drink.
WEB
Don’t rebuke your neighbor at a banquet of wine. Don’t despise him in his mirth. Don’t speak a word of reproach to him. Don’t distress him by making demands of him.
DRC31:41
Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in hip mirth. Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 31:41-42 in some Bibles
  • 31:31a in most Bibles
  • 31:31b in most Bibles

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