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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
- WEB
- A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
- DRC7:37
- A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
- LXXE
- A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Χάρις δόματος ἔναντι παντὸς ζῶντος, καὶ ἐπὶ νεκρῷ μὴ ἀποκωλύσῃς χάριν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:37 in some Bibles
- 7:33 in most Bibles