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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
- WEB
- Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.
- DRC7:14
- Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
- LXXE
- Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ θέλε ψεύδεσθαι πᾶν ψεῦδος, ὁ γὰρ ἐνδελεχισμὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθόν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:14 in some Bibles
- 7:13 in most Bibles