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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
- WEB
- Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love.
- DRC7:39
- Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love.
- LXXE
- Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ὄκνει ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ἄῤῥωστον, ἐκ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων ἀγαπηθήσῃ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:39 in some Bibles
- 7:35 in most Bibles