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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
- WEB
- Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
- DRC4:35
- Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.
- LXXE
- Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantic among thy servants.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἴσθι ὡς λέων ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου, καὶ φαντασιοκοπῶν ἐν τοῖς οἰκέταις σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:35 in some Bibles
- 4:30 in most Bibles