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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
- WEB
- Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
- DRC
- Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.
- LXXE
- Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἱκέτην θλιβόμενον μὴ ἀπαναίνου, καὶ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ πτωχοῦ.