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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
- WEB
- Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
- DRC4:26
- Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie. Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:
- LXXE
- Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ μὴ ἐντραπῇς εἰς πτῶσίν σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:26-27 in some Bibles
- 4:22a in most Bibles
- 4:22b in most Bibles