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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 35

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 35:18

In 4 translations

KJV
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;
WEB
And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them, until he has crushed the loins of the unmerciful. He will repay vengeance to the heathen until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant and broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous,
DRC35:22
And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back: And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust,
LXXE35:19
Do nothing without advice; and when thou hast once done, repent not. Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones. Be not confident in a plain way.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br35:19
Ἄνευ βουλῆς μηθὲν ποιήσῃς, καὶ ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαί σε μὴ μεταμελοῦ. Ἐν ὁδῷ ἀντιπτώματος μὴ πορεύου, καὶ μὴ προσκόψῃς ἐν λιθώδεσι. Μὴ πιστεύσῃς ἐν ὁδῷ ἀπροσκόπῳ,
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 35:22-23 in some Bibles
  • 35:18a in most Bibles
  • 35:18b in most Bibles
  • 35:18c in most Bibles

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