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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 6
In 4 translations
- KJV
- For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
- WEB
- For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
- DRC
- For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
- LXXE
- For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἔστι γὰρ φίλος ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ παραμείνῃ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς σου.