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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 9
In 4 translations
- KJV
- Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
- WEB
- Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be.
- DRC9:16
- Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
- LXXE
- Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ, οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 9:16 in some Bibles
- 9:11 in most Bibles