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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
- WEB
- Do no secret thing before a stranger, for you don’t know what it will cause.
- DRC8:21
- Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
- LXXE
- Do no secret thing before a stranger: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐνώπιον ἀλλοτρίου μὴ ποιήσῃς κρυπτὸν, οὐ γὰρ γινώσκεις τί τέξεται.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:21 in some Bibles
- 8:18 in most Bibles