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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 35
In 4 translations
- KJV
- To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.
- WEB
- To depart from wickedness pleases the Lord. To depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.
- DRC35:5
- To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins.
- LXXE
- Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not music.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Λάλησον πρεσβύτερε, πρέπει γάρ σοι, ἐν ἀκριβεῖ ἐπιστήμῃ, καὶ μὴ ἐμποδίσῃς μουσικά.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 35:5 in some Bibles
- 35:3 in most Bibles