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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 32
In 4 translations
- KJV
- If thou be made the master of a feast, lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
- WEB
- Have they made you ruler of a feast? Don’t be lifted up. Be among them as one of them. Take care of them first, and then sit down.
- DRC
- Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
- LXXE
- He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ συντήρων νόμον πλεονάζει προσφοράς· θυσιάζων σωτηρίου ὁ προσέχων ἐντολαῖς.