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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 5
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
- WEB
- Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
- DRC5:10
- Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
- LXXE
- Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten; for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ἀδίκοις, οὐδὲν γὰρ ὠφελήσεις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπαγωγῆς.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 5:10 in some Bibles
- 5:8 in most Bibles