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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:26

In 4 translations

KJV
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?
WEB
Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation?
DRC34:31
So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer?
LXXE34:31
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink].

Original-language editions

LXX-Br34:31
Ἐν συμποσίῳ οἴνου μὴ ἐλέγξῃς τὸν πλησίον, καὶ μὴ ἐξουδενώσῃς αὐτὸν ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ αὐτοῦ· λόγον ὀνειδισμοῦ μὴ εἴπῃς αὐτῷ, καὶ μὴ αὐτὸν θλίψῃς ἐν ἀπαιτήσει. ΠΕΡΙ ἩΓΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 34:31 in some Bibles
  • 34:26 in most Bibles

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