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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
- WEB
- Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.
- DRC7:15
- Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
- LXXE
- Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἀδολέσχει ἐν πλήθει πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ μὴ δευτερώσῃς λόγον ἐν προσευχῇ σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:15 in some Bibles
- 7:14 in most Bibles