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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 35
In 4 translations
- KJV
- He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
- WEB
- He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless or the widow, when she pours out her tale.
- DRC35:17
- He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
- LXXE
- Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline; and they that seek him early shall find favour.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ὁ φοβούμενος Κύριον ἐκδέξεται παιδείαν, καὶ οἱ ὀρθρίζοντες εὑρήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 35:17-18 in some Bibles
- 35:14 in most Bibles
- 34:17 in some Bibles