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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
- WEB
- Don’t be surety beyond your means. If you give surety, think as one who will have to pay.
- DRC8:16
- Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.
- LXXE
- Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἐγγυήσῃ ὑπὲρ δυναμίν σου, καὶ ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ, ὡς ἀποτίσων φρόντιζε.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:16 in some Bibles
- 8:13 in most Bibles