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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 32
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.
- WEB
- Speak, young man, if you are obliged to, but no more than twice, and only if asked.
- DRC32:10
- Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.
- LXXE
- The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable, and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Θυσία ἀνδρὸς δικαίου δεκτὴ, καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐπιλησθήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 32:10-11 in some Bibles
- 32:7a in most Bibles
- 32:7b in most Bibles