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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 36:11

In 4 translations

KJV
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
WEB
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.The ancient authorities read I took them for my inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused.
DRC36:13
Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
LXXE36:13
As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best. Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly. So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another. Though I was the last to wake up, yet I received their inheritance as from the beginning.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br36:13
Ὡς πηλὸς κεραμέως ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, πᾶσαι αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ· οὕτως ἄνθρωποι ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτοὺς, ἀποδοῦναι αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ. Ἀπέναντι τοῦ κακοῦ τὸ ἀγαθὸν, καὶ ἀπέναντι τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ζωὴ, οὕτως ἀπέναντι εὐσεβοῦς ἀμαρτωλός. Καὶ οὕτως ἔμβλεψον εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ὑψίστου, δύο δύο ἓν κατέναντι τοῦ ἑνός. Κᾀγὼ ἔσχατος ἠγρύπνησα, καὶ κατεκληρονόμησα αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 36:13 in some Bibles
  • 36:11 in most Bibles
  • 36:11a in most Bibles
  • 36:11b in most Bibles
  • 36:11c in most Bibles
  • 36:11d in most Bibles

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