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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 51
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Then lifted I up my supplications from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
- WEB
- I lifted up my prayer from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
- DRC51:13
- Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
- LXXE
- Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀνύψωσα ἐπὶ γῆς ἱκετείαν μου, καὶ ὑπὲρ θανάτου ῥύσεως ἐδεήθην.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 51:13 in some Bibles
- 51:9 in most Bibles