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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 37
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
- WEB
- Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”; but there is a friend which is only a friend in name.
- DRC
- Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
- LXXE
- Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Πὰς φίλος ἐρεῖ, ἐφιλίασα αὐτῷ κᾷγώ· ἀλλʼ ἔστι φίλος ὀνόματι μόνον φίλος.