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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 32

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 32:18

In 4 translations

KJV
A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.
WEB
A sensible person won’t neglect a thought. An insolent and proud man won’t crouch in fear, even after he has done a thing by himself without counsel.
DRC32:22
A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear: Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
LXXE
For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Καὶ ὁ Κύριος οὐ μὴ βραδύνῃ, οὐδὲ μὴ μακροθυμήσει ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ἕως ἄν συντρίψῃ ὀσφὺν ἀνελεημόνων· καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀνταποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν, ἕως ἐξάρῃ πλῆθος ὑβριστῶν, καὶ σκῆπτρα ἀδίκων συντρίψῃ,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 32:22-23 in some Bibles
  • 32:18a in most Bibles
  • 32:18b in most Bibles

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