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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
- WEB
- Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire.
- DRC8:13
- Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.
- LXXE
- Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἔκκαιε ἄνθρακας ἁμαρτωλοῦ, μὴ ἐμπυρισθῇς ἐν πυρὶ φλογὸς αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:13 in some Bibles
- 8:10 in most Bibles