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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 31
In 4 translations
- KJV
- The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
- WEB
- A poor man toils in lack of substance. When he rests, he becomes needy.
- DRC
- The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.
- LXXE
- Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀπὸ ἀκαθάρτου τί καθαρισθήσεται; καὶ ἀπὸ ψευδοῦς τί ἀληθεύσει;