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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 40
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
- WEB
- Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless, but it kindles a fire in his belly.
- DRC40:32
- Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
- LXXE
- Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν στόματι ἀναιδοῦς γλυκανθήσεται ἐπαίτησις, καὶ ἐν κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ πῦρ καήσεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 40:32 in some Bibles
- 40:30 in most Bibles