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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 38
In 4 translations
- KJV
- In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
- WEB
- In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.
- DRC38:20
- In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
- LXXE
- In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν ἀπαγωγῇ παραβαίνει καὶ λύπη, καὶ βίος πτωχοῦ κατὰ καρδίας.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 38:20 in some Bibles
- 38:19 in most Bibles