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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 35
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.
- WEB
- Glorify the Lord with generosity. Don’t reduce the first fruits of your hands.
- DRC35:10
- Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.
- LXXE35:7
- Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br35:7
- Λάλησον νεανίσκε εἰ χρεία σου, μόλις δὶς ἐὰν ἐπερωτηθῇς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 35:10 in some Bibles
- 35:8 in most Bibles