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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 41:2

In 4 translations

KJV
O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!
WEB
O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength, who is in extreme old age, is distracted about all things, is perverse, and has lost patience!
DRC41:3
O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth: Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
LXXE
O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
Ὦ θάνατε, καλόν σου τὸ κρίμα ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπιδεομένῳ καὶ ἐλασσουμένῳ ἰσχύϊ, ἐσχατογήρῳ, καὶ περισπωμένῳ περὶ πάντων, καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι, καὶ ἀπολωλεκότι ὑπομονήν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 41:3-4 in some Bibles
  • 41:2a in most Bibles
  • 41:2b in most Bibles

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