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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 4
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
- WEB
- Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
- DRC
- Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.
- LXXE
- Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἀπὸ δεομένου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ὀφθαλμόν, καὶ μὴ δῷς τόπον ἀνθρώπῳ καταράσασθαί σε.