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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Rise not up in anger at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words
- WEB
- Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man, lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth.
- DRC8:14
- Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.
- LXXE
- Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἐξαναστῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑβριστοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐγκαθίσῃ ὡς ἔνεδρον τῷ στόματί σου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:14 in some Bibles
- 8:11 in most Bibles