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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
- WEB
- Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.
- DRC7:12
- Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.
- LXXE
- Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ καταγέλα ἄνθρωπον ὄντα ἐν πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, ἔστι γὰρ ὁ ταπεινῶν καὶ ἀνυψῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:12 in some Bibles
- 7:11 in most Bibles