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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
- WEB
- Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
- DRC4:31
- Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.
- LXXE
- Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ αἰσχυνθῇς ὁμολογῆσαι ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίαις σου, καὶ μὴ βιάζου ῥοῦν ποταμοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:31 in some Bibles
- 4:26 in most Bibles