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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 32
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Rise up betimes, and be not the last; but get thee home without delay.
- WEB
- Rise up in good time, and don’t be last. Go home quickly and don’t loiter
- DRC32:15
- And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime.
- LXXE
- For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὅτι Κύριος ἀνταποδιδούς ἐστι, καὶ ἑπταπλάσια ἀνταποδώσει σοι.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 32:15 in some Bibles
- 32:11 in most Bibles