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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
- WEB
- Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.
- DRC7:16
- Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.
- LXXE
- Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ μισήσῃς ἐπίπονον ἐργασίαν, καὶ γεωργίαν ὑπὸ ὑψίστου ἐκτισμένην.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:16 in some Bibles
- 7:15 in most Bibles