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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.
- WEB
- If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.
- DRC
- If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
- LXXE
- If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first, and be not hasty to credit him.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Εἰ κτᾶσαι φίλον, ἐν πειρασμῷ κτῆσαι αὐτόν, καὶ μὴ ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύσῃς αὐτῷ.