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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 51
In 4 translations
- KJV
- They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.
- WEB
- They surrounded me on every side. There was no one to help me. I was looking for human help, and there was none.
- DRC51:10
- They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none.
- LXXE
- They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Περιέσχον με πάντοθεν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν· ἐμβλέπων εἰς ἀντίληψιν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐκ ἦν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 51:10 in some Bibles
- 51:7 in most Bibles