Reading as Seek: to learn Scripture and its teachings. Same facts, warmer framing.
Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.
- WEB
- My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.
- DRC40:29
- My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
- LXXE
- My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Τέκνον, ζωὴν ἐπαιτήσεως μὴ βιώσῃς, κρεῖσσον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἐπαιτεῖν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 40:29 in some Bibles
- 40:28 in most Bibles