Tobit 8:7
In 4 translations
- KJV
- And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.
- WEB
- And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.”
- DRC8:9
- And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.
- LXXE
- And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ νῦν, Κύριε, οὐ διὰ πορνείαν ἐγὼ λαμβάνω τὴν ἀδελφήν μου ταύτην, ἀλλὰ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ἐπίταξον ἐλεῆσαί με, καὶ αὐτῇ συγκαταγηρᾶσαι.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:9 in some Bibles
- 8:7 in most Bibles