Sirach 40:28

ASV Byzantine Text

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; Better it is to die than to beg.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ka ca, na khosak te buhbihnah la khuen boeh, m'bih lakah tah n'duek ham he then ngai.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Timor Domini sicut paradisus benedictionis, et super omnem gloriam operuerunt illum.]

Brenton English Septuagint

My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Mijn zoon, wil niet van aalmoezen leven; Beter dood dan een bedelaar.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.

King James Version + Apocrypha

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; For better it is to die than to beg.

LXX2012 U. S. English

My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.

British English Septuagint 2012

My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.

Revised Version

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; Better it is to die than to beg.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mon fils, ne mène pas une vie de mendiant. Il vaut mieux mourir que de mendier.

Spanish BLL

Hijo mío, no lleves una vida de mendigo. Es mejor morir que mendigar.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Hijo mío, no lleves una vida de mendigo. Es mejor morir que mendigar.

Croatian Bible

Sine moj, ne živi od prosjačenja; bolje je umrijeti nego prosjačiti.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; For better it is to die than to beg.

World English Bible (Catholic)

My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.

World English Bible Classic

My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.

World English Bible Updated

My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.

SEPTUAGINTA

Τέκνον, ζωὴν ἐπαιτήσεως μὴ βιώσῃς· κρεῖσσον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἐπαιτεῖν.

Brenton Septuagint

Τέκνον, ζωὴν ἐπαιτήσεως μὴ βιώσῃς, κρεῖσσον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἐπαιτεῖν.

Mashi Bible

Mwâna wâni, orhalamiraga okujà kwahûna, okufà kwo kukulu aha kuhûniriza ene n’irhondo.

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