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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Give ear, my son, receive my advice, and refuse not my counsel,
- WEB
- Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel.
- DRC6:24
- Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.
- LXXE
- Give ear, my son, receive my advice, and refuse not my counsel,
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἄκουσον, τέκνον, καὶ δέξαι γνώμην μου, καὶ μὴ ἀπαναίνου τὴν συμβουλίαν μου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 6:24 in some Bibles
- 6:23 in most Bibles