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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 8
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.
- WEB
- Don’t dishonor a man in his old age, for some of us are also growing old.
- DRC8:7
- Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
- LXXE
- Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ἀτιμάσῃς ἄνθρωπον ἐν γήρει αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ ἐξ ἡμῶν γηράσκουσι.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:7 in some Bibles
- 8:6 in most Bibles